Yesterday I decided that the photos on my posts needed a bit of hand-drawn bling! My children were drawing in their daily journals at the kitchen table (they are 5 and 3 years old...they draw a picture and then they dictate the story to me as I write it next to the picture). I can't watch someone else drawing and not get into it myself, so I whipped out my pencil case and sketchbook, threw down some general shapes, and began to decorate them. Some turned out scannable, and others, I'm afraid, will have to remain in the sketchbook. After scanning I changed the colour in Photoshop (always fun!). I made quite a few of them, so you may see them pop up on future blog posts. Keep your eyes peeled!
As you can see from the picture above, the hand-drawn classified ad spaces are filling up very quickly on Andrea Joseph's upcoming new zine, and she only has 3 spaces left! UK based Andrea's beautiful drawings are very popular, and so are her zines, so this is a good opportunity to get your message out to people who appreciate this sort of thing. Can you spot my funny little tree logo on the page? I purchased a very inexpensive spot in the classifieds a while ago, and can't wait till the zine is published. The classified pages are like an artwork all by themselves!
Check out Andrea Joseph's Sketchblog article to see the other pages and read more information, but be quick!
Are you ready for the latest Dangerous Doodle Challenge? Well here it is!
Use the latest tutorial 'Cumulus, Head in the Clouds' as inspiration for this challenge. Interpret the title 'Up' in an artwork, and include the cloud pattern somewhere in your work. There is no time limit, just post it to the Dangerous Doodles group pool and we will all then 'oooh' and 'aaah' at it.
The group now has 38 fabulous members, by the way! I wonder if we can make it to 100? Don't forget to tell all your friends :)
Clouds...something we get a lot of here in Wellington, New Zealand. My house is often actually IN the clouds, as we live fairly high above sea level. Sometime I look out the window and see the fog rolling in from Wellington harbour, in between the hills. It's a really eerie sight, and one I always love to watch. Within minutes it envelopes everything, and you can barely see the house across the road except for a few lights, and it can sometimes stay like that for days. After assuming that the whole of Wellington must be getting tired of this heavy fog, I am surprised when I drive down the hill towards the harbour and see that the rest of the city is drenched in lovely warm sun!
Clouds around here mean business, they are not just for looking pretty. They usually mean either heavy rain that goes sideways and will knock you off your feet (with the help of the sideways wind, of course) or hail that covers everything in tiny little white perfectly shaped balls. Sometimes we even have snow, although that only happens about every 10 - 20 years apparently. Wellington is one of those places that can have 'four seasons in one day'. It pays to wear lots of layers of clothing sometimes, as you could either end up wearing a t-shirt or a large jacket at any time in one day. And don't even THINK of opening an umbrella, or you (and the umbrella) will suffer the consequences.
And so...the subject brings me to my next 'Dangerous Doodle' Drawing Tutorial, named 'Cumulus, Head in the Clouds'. Use this to draw a masterpiece of floating white fluffies, or dark brooding stormies. Your choice :) Don't forget to subscribe, so that you don't miss the next tutorial. To see all the tutorials, click on the tab at the top of the page.
The Dangerous Doodles group on Flickr now has 32 members, and the photo pool features some fantastic artwork! Here is a slideshow for you to enjoy. I'm thinking of having a competition or two...what do you think? Perhaps you have some competition ideas...I'm new to all this sort of thing, but it would be fun to try it and see what sort of response I get. I also want to encourage the nice people who have taken the time to add their artwork. Write your ideas in the comments below :)
This was supposed to be a 'work in progress' video, but I couldn't help myself and turned it into a sort of mini tutorial as well. You can read more about it in my previous post. Hope you like it :)
