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Drawing Sessions, including video

BY: @pixelminx | CREATED: Nov. 20, 2017, 9:31 a.m. | VOTES: 75 | PAYOUT: $40.14 | [ VOTE ]

I can't remember a time when I wasn't drawing or painting.

Something I always did when I was a kid was paint and draw. My sister taught me the basics of drawing, showing me how to use shapes overlapping to draw anything I could see or imagine. She was always encouraging me to keep trying when I found things difficult. If I was disappointed in how a picture had turned out, she would always say It looks fantastic!.(She hasn't changed)
I remember once when my Grandmother was visiting and I really wanted to paint, I was about 4, she and my mother said no. I snuck of with some tubes of paint and a bowl and hid in the pantry and started to mix colours up in the bowl. Noticing I had disappeared they both started to look for me, Ill never forget the look on my grandmothers face when they finally opened the pantry door and saw what I was up to. She had a huge smile and started to laugh so much tears rolled down her cheeks.
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Here I am just painting pictures over the colouring in pictures!
I was about 9 when my sister gave me my first sketch book she called it a visual diary but I never really drew things I observed daily inside, I just drew what I imagined. Previously I was given scrap books with low grade paper,computer paper from my father's workplace, general scrap paper and so on. This was the first proper bound book I had ever been given to draw in. Having been deemed ready and worthy of my own bound sketchbook to fill, I felt very grown up and accomplished . This soon became a regular gift from my sister and family as I filled them up so quickly. I've always been a habitual drawer.

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My first real sketchbook, I can't believe I still have it
As a child I loved creating cartoon characters. Watching Warner Brothers, Disney and Hanna Barbera animations really drove my creativity. My all time favorite animated feature to this day has to be Wizards, directed and written by the amazingly talented Ralph Bakshi. I rented and watched this movie repeatedly. The fantastic style of the characters and setting was gritty and like nothing else I had ever seen before. It was the film that made me want to be animator. After getting a bit older and learning how painstakingly boring, repetitive and difficult cartoons were to create (at least to me ), I gradually let that dream go. I still love to draw cute cartoon characters, I keep a scrap book full of many I come up with, it then gets used as a reference book for making personalised cards, designing vectors, t-shirts and much more. I continue to love animation and enjoy playing around with stop animation just for fun from time to time.
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My scrapbook of character Ideas

Drawing sessions

While I do sit down at my desk and execute a planned, staged out drawing in a somewhat traditional manner, I think initially it would be best to share with you a drawing session. Drawing sessions are when I spend at least and hour drawing with no preconceived plan of what I am going to draw or what materials I am going to use. I just let go and see what develops on to the page. Depending on the length of the session I might draw 50 pictures and only feel one or two could be complete and successful art works, sometimes I love them all. These sessions are more about getting ideas and inspiration than producing finished pieces . I really have fun during my drawing sessions and the best thing about them is I can have one anywhere as long as I have a pen and paper. I even have a suitcase of drawing supplies I often carry with me when I go visiting, on a trip or wherever life and adventure might take me.
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I found this on the street, cleaned it up and painted it purple, I love it

So with a clean desk, everything on hand, ample paper, jars filled with fresh water and clean rags and a variety of different tools, it's time for a drawing session! Below the video I'll discuss my results and show off images of pieces that I thought went well then cover materials. I use quite an extensive range of materials so I will keep it as brief as possible and just keep it to what I use predominantly.
https://youtu.be/yxCD7DAgJ3Y

This is the first time I have filmed my self drawing and it was a little tricky to setup, having said that I think it went well and I am pleased with the results. I drew for a little over an hour and sped the video up 20 times to make it fit under four minutes. I got some great ideas, most importantly I had a good time. I want to make a point that I mostly used pretty cheap paper and all paper is kept, reused or recycled. Now before I go on to discuss materials, here's some pics of drawings from the session.

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She's pretty, materials used were ink, oil pastel, dry pastel, poster paint, crayola water soluble Marker, aquarell pencil.
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I got a few good ideas out here, the top middle is my dog Shinji I love drawing him. The two faeries hugging are just beautiful!
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'A spirit for the birds' I like her very much. Materials used were crayola water soluble marker, dry pastel, poster paint, raw charcoal, permanent marker.
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'Me' a self portrait showing what I often looked like after a beating. I find doing these portraits therapeutic and a good reminder of how far I have come since I left my violent past. Materials used were raw charcoal.

Materials

Heres a quick run down covering most of what I keep on my desk, keep in mind I don't use many materials traditionally and this is just my experience experimenting with them for a more traditional explanation you will have to look else where.

Paint

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Pens

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Pastels, crayons & raw charcoal

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Pencils

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Textas/Markers

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Final Notes

Ok so this was a really big post, it was quite a bit of work too, but I wanted to cover all of this together as I feel it made more sense to cover these materials alongside the drawing session. I hope you enjoyed this post and found it interesting. Like I said I have never made a video like this of myself drawing before, so I hope it was entertaining and promise the quality and angles will get better with some practice.
Although I have proof read this quite a lot, I hope you will excuse any mistakes, my father in law has been quite Ill over the past few days and is currently in hospital. I have been spending quite a lot of time helping him out and making sure he has all he needs at his bed side. Needless to say finding the time and focus to complete this post has been a real challenge.
I would really love to know what you think in the comments below. You could tell me what you like to draw with. Feedback is most appreciated, I am pleased to answer any further questions you might have as best I can. I really appreciate all the lovely comments and support I have received so far, I thank you all who have welcomed me to the Steemit community with open arms.

I'll wind it up with a quote Art sets you free when nothing else can-Kimberlea Perry

Until next time love each other and peace out

TAGS: [ #art ] [ #drawingsessions ] [ #drawingmaterials ] [ #arttips ] [ #drawingvideo ]

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@mcsamm | Nov. 20, 2017, 9:34 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Wow...incredible.this is amazing artwork..the child looks serious..lol thanks

@pixelminx | Nov. 20, 2017, 10:26 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Thanks for checking out my post and commenting, I am glad you like my art work. :-)

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@carlgnash | Nov. 20, 2017, 8:45 p.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

I seriously have to restrain myself from just SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU. Ooops my restraint needs a little work, apparently. What a cool idea to film a drawing session like this. I think I have a similar process when it comes to writing songs, basically sitting down for an hour with my guitar and not playing anything in particular but just kind of opening myself up to whatever wants to come out. I am sure this is a similar thing for most artists in most mediums - the trick is letting go of the conscious control and letting the muse in to work through your body. It is a wonderfully meditative practice, and I am sure wonderfully therapeutic as well if you have past traumas that need to be worked through to prevent them from bubbling away under the surface until an eruption occurs.

I think part of what makes me so impressed with your posting here is the combination of your awesome artistic abilities and really creative imagination, with the willingness to spend the time writing such detailed posts to accompany your awesome art. Very few artists take the time to create such detailed posts to accompany their art here, and very few posters that write such detailed posts are also such a talented artist. You are a rare breed. A unicorn or a pegasus perhaps, not sure which suits you better, perhaps a pegacorn or a unisus?

I don't usually share links to my own work in a comment as I think it is spammy, but in this case it is my sister's work so I am going to give myself a pass. Just sharing this because you mentioned loving animation and stop-motion. You should be able to appreciate the work my sister put in here :)
https://steemit.com/yunk/@carlgnash/white-boy-recycluh

(this is the same sister that I just sang a duet with for last week's Open Mic contest, my most recent actual post on my blog /shameless self promotion)

Much love - Carl

@pixelminx | Nov. 21, 2017, 9:36 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

WOW! Thanks for taking the time to write such a detailed and flattering comment! Its funny you bring up unicorn cross pegasus thats something I always make my sister draw for me! It's definitely my totem animal. You can share links with me. I think considering the level of our steemit friendship we're past it being spammy. I like the comparison to how you write songs I guess creative energy works the same way no matter how you channel it. Thanks for appreciating the effort I've put in, I spent a lot of hours on all of my posts but this one was EPIC! I really have limited experience writing about my work. I usually go for just posting a picture and hope people like it but I have learned that you reach a limited audience and you miss an opportunity to share more than just a picture. I am finding it is rewarding to see my writing skills improve a little bit each post. I am going to check out that link now I love animation!!
Peace and Love
Kimberlea

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@onethousandwords | Nov. 20, 2017, 10:06 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

As someone with no drawing ability whatsoever I found this such a fabulous vicarious experience of the artistic process. I just love that you still have your first sketchbook. You were born talented :)

@pixelminx | Nov. 22, 2017, 7:51 a.m. | Votes: 1 | [ VOTE ]

Hey! Thank you for checking out my post, I am really glad you enjoyed seeing my artistic process. Thanks for the nice compliment too!

@onethousandwords | Nov. 23, 2017, 8:11 a.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

You are very welcome 😊

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@arthur.grafo | Dec. 3, 2017, 9:34 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

I never imagined there is such a variety of materials - and yet, looking at them one by one, I know them. I think I don't really know most of them because I have not experimented with them and the huge variety of surfaces.

Thank you.

@pixelminx | Dec. 3, 2017, 11:42 p.m. | Votes: 0 | [ VOTE ]

Hey thanks for reading my post. I didn't realise how many different materials I used untill I wrote this post!(and I still have only touched on what I use regularly to draw with). Thank you for reading and leaving a nice comment :-) I'll see you around the steemit universe it's nice to meet you!

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