I was recently introduced to a new artist, her blog and books, that has stirred up my imagination and caused my childhood happiness to skip a beat. Her name is Carla Sonheim. You can find her blog here which will lead you to her thoughts, her books, her tutorials and online classes! I cannot tell you how much fun I have had since visiting her site.
One of the first things I tried out was drawing Tombow Rabbits. After watching her free tutorial I got right to work and did some bunnies then tried out my dog, Frankie both looking at me and away from me and just had the best fun and really liked the results.
From one of her books, "The Art of Silliness," her first excersise is to draw a bird a zillion times. It is suggested you use your left hand, close your eyes or do both. There was such a freedom in doing this and when you finally open your eyes you have a zillion birds with amazingly different personalities. Some of them don't quite look like birds but when you add an eye, a feather or a hat to it's head you have one unique bird after the other. (I will have to add my picture at a later date, because I don't currently have it with me).
Two more things I thought were fun is her instruction on blob hunting and watercolor birds. Blob hunting or looking for cracks in the sidewalk that can lead your imagination to draw an animal or something that resembles an animal is a lot of fun. So now I have a camera full of patterns (for tangles), sidewalk cracks and blobs. Some of my attempts below, the dog came from a crack and the others are watercolor birds.
From one of her books, "The Art of Silliness," her first excersise is to draw a bird a zillion times. It is suggested you use your left hand, close your eyes or do both. There was such a freedom in doing this and when you finally open your eyes you have a zillion birds with amazingly different personalities. Some of them don't quite look like birds but when you add an eye, a feather or a hat to it's head you have one unique bird after the other. (I will have to add my picture at a later date, because I don't currently have it with me).
Two more things I thought were fun is her instruction on blob hunting and watercolor birds. Blob hunting or looking for cracks in the sidewalk that can lead your imagination to draw an animal or something that resembles an animal is a lot of fun. So now I have a camera full of patterns (for tangles), sidewalk cracks and blobs. Some of my attempts below, the dog came from a crack and the others are watercolor birds.
drawn with Inktense Watercolor Pencils
Prang Watercolors
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