Thing of The Day

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5 Ways To Find Your Art: That Activity you use when you are in a hard situation

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Something To Check out

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Thing of The Day

So one reason I have not posted in a while is that the power went out. Sometimes it is fun to try to make it an adventure but that is really hard sometimes. Here are a few of the drawings I have been working on

Elvis caricature

Just a face caricature

As Elvis would say Thank you very much

Thing of the Day: Creating your own stuff

While I highly suggest you check out my store for lots of cool things I also want to say that creating your own stuff can be a really cool thing as well.

Thing of The Day: Digital Art

Hey everybody I decided to start selling my digital art so if you really like my digital art check out society 6 here

Thing of The Day: Art Thursday

Hey everyone,
I will have a new podcast coming out tomorrow. But here is my art this week

Demi Lovato street art

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Scott Hoying

Art Card

Art Card

Art Card

ARt Card

Splatter paint (that apple will be used later)

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Ocean

Mind Map

Mind map

OCean

Ocean

Ocean kind of

Ocean

Was ocean but just art card

Art Card

Art Card

Art Card

Faces

Mind Map

Mind map

Mind map

Avi Kaplan with PTX beanie

Nigel Hayes 

Have a good day everybody

My thoughts on art and suggestions about art. Article of the Week

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If you want to have fun draw yourself as a cartoon. I mean it is my idea so I obviously like it more than other people but it is kind of a waay that you can draw with any emotion. You can always make yourself smile.

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Most people that do cartoons have to try still life art. If you do still life art I highly recommend you try cartoons. It gives you a different view

Some Art Ideas that are great for self care

Okay so first everyone knows about mandalas. I am not going to talk about them. Remember these are just my thoughts if you get emotional about this and say I think everything Daniel says is wrong and that helps you that's great! I want to make an impact and make people think. Okay here are my thoughts and ideas also some ways to get art supplies

• First lots of people use art as a skill: Okay so they might not call it a coping skill but that doesn't mean that they don't use it. Don't think you are not normal. Anyone who likes to do art, there is a good chance where they are stressed that is what they will do. 
• Materials don't have to be super expensive: I did an article on this a long time ago but there are a few more thoughts: First, don't start by purchasing that most expensive stuff because especially if you don't know what art you like and you don't like what you purchase then you have a big pile of stuff. There are some basic ways to save: Canvas panels over cavas, cardboard over portfolio, etc. As for where to buy it? Michaels always has coupons and if you have amazon prime and you are going to order a big item use amazon because shipping is so expensive. 
• Art will never replace skills: If you use art as avoidance it might temporarily work but you will have to face those fears. However...
• Art can be used to validate feelings sometimes: So don't use art and be angry and then when you are done you are angrier than you started. My example of how to do it? Jose Fernandez. When he passed away on Sunday I was shocked drawing him was my way of validating my feelings that I was sad.
• Materials you might want: So while there are lots of different types of art but here a a few supplies that would help along with methods. These are not the really basic things

1. Tracing paper: This is nice to have if you want to make something and can't draw it free hand
2. Watercolor pencils: It is so not messy and it adds time for people who want to draw fast
3. Mixed media book: If you want a book that you can draw and paint (maybe not watercolor) this is the book 
4. Watercolor book: This is great but any thick paper will work 

Okay here are some other things

• Use your style and don't overthink or judge: Don't think what other people will think or what to draw just draw it it is why sketchbooks are made and remember it doesn't have to be perfect. Also, if you like to go fast go fast don't try to draw in every detail. However as someone who goes fast...
• Doing long projects have a longer effect (kind of obvious): But there are ways to encounter that: Draw color and paint. Use big paper. Do more than one project at once. Or get a bunch of projects prepped and then do them all at once. Oh, and another one do a long project but do something that uses quick lines (the best example I can think of is fur)
• Tutorials can be really helpful: When you are stressed sometimes you need to be focused and with a tutorial you are that because you are being told what to do.
• Draw cartoons, caricatures, chibi: So drawing these types of things they don't have to be as exact or perfect and honestly they are fun.
• Drawing in your own style as a coping skill is great. Finding it as a coping skill? ehh: So I think drawing your own style is a great coping skill because it is easy to self validate. But don't try to find it when you are stressed because it is not easy. Also realize using something that someone else uses that doesn't mean it is not yours.
• Draw what is in your mind: A lot of the time I just draw random shapes and see where it goes. Some of it look not perfect but it also distracts me. Also sometimes especially when you are not doing a specific think drawing music helps because it kind of gives you a mood or a thought. 
• Use lots of things: For example I saw black canvases I saw them so I tried them. If you don't like it don't waste it just find a creative was to use it.
• Don't get stressed over setting up: One of the reasons I love watercolor pencils is all you need is a cup of water. It is why a lot of this is about drawing. However for some people setting up and cleaning up is relaxing.
• If you asked me I have money for one artist item (meaning more expensive) and I use art as a skill what would it be?: A mixing tool. For me that is colored pencils for some people that is paint but the thing where you can really get the colors you want and it takes more time. Also, watercolor pencils are cool.
• Lastly, have fun with it: Be yourself, don't judge, don't worry about it and realize that like with any skill the feelings will try to creep in. Acknowledge them and keep going and realize that is why one of my labels for this article is easier said than done. 

Also for people that use football as a skill I just want to tell you that there is a game in London tomorrow that starts at 9:30

Thing of The Day: Abstract Landscape

Everybody knows I like baseball. One of the coolest things I like is the uniforms. While I will be putting up lots of drawings the first two I will put up are just random guys in the weirdest uniforms

These can be seen either horizontal or vertical I hope you enjoy

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Has anyone ever painted a background around a pencil drawing

Thing of The Day: Fun2Draw

First of all I have a bunch of drawings and paint pen drawings I will be posting them tonight or tomorrow.
I have not been feeling well and with class I have had a lot less articles. With class over I will be writing some more.
Today I am giving a shoutout to the youtube page Fun2draw. Mei-Yu (Sorry if I am not writing it right), she's a really cool artist who inspired me to do my own style and to draw anything like food even. Check her out right here
Fun2Draw
Oh and here is my favorite video
She draw's the avengers. Did I mention it was as mermaids? 
She has inspired me to expand my creativity.
If anyone ever has any drawing ideas comment below or just message me in some way and let me know.
Have a good day

My Character Style

I have done a lot of art this weekend so here are the ones in my style

Phil Coulson

 Desmond King

 Bruce Lee (I know his legs look weird)

 Jabril Peppers

 Clint Frazier and Austin Meadows. The cool part is that hat would work for Meadows because the Pirates Triple A team is the Indianapolis Indians

Baker Mayfield

Tyler Lockett

How Having BPD Benefits My Art

So I was watching something, it was somebody singing and I could just see the emotion in his eyes. I feel that is like me with my art.
So just for people who are reading this for the first time the biggest thing with Borderline Personality Disorder is everything has an emotion. I feel that way when I do art.
I put as much as I can into every drawing. Maybe not thinking slow but it is all me.
The drawings have character you can see it here is an example

So I did this in my art class. Everybody else's looked very polished. Then there is mine. You can see obvious things: The background is very day, I missed a few sports and very little bit of the bottom is actually white. 

But I can honestly say that it is me. I put all my heart into it. Most of the marks are not gentle. We did a critique and my professor said what do you think of your drawing and you have to understand to me a lot of the other drawings looked like they could be in books and then there is mine. I said I feel like I was a bull in a China shop. While I don't think it was taken this way I didn't mean it to be bad. It is truly me. 

This is true with all my drawings, paintings and art pieces. They are not perfect (hence the name of this blog the imperfect artist). But I can truly say they are me.

It happened again this week. My professor said for the project I should take my glasses off and I said professor that is not me.

Still life drawing is supposed to be so objective and exact. Well not for me. I put all my emotion into it. That won't change. 

I think my mental health has a bunch to do with this. My piece doesn't have to be perfect and I don't want it to be. Every piece I do shows how far I have come. 

Some new drawings

So here are a few new drawings I have done

A really not good Phil Coulson

 A starlord mask

And a scarlet witch canvas. Her hands are a little low which inspired by next post.