How To: Draw a Person Part ll (Clothes)

Do you remember my post that taught you how do draw the human form? Well here is the next post! I'm going to help you with drawing clothes! (Sorry the next paragraph has lots of art vocab...)

When you draw, you have to keep in mind that all things have value. Value is using lights and darks (or tints and shades) of a color to show depth. I want you to look around. Do you see many 2D shapes? There are not many shapes around us but there are forms, or 3D objects. We want to capture that as we draw so that we can create a realistic form.

The supplies that you'll need are:
1 Pencil (or pen, your choice!)
1 Eraser
1 piece of Paper

Okay, first we are going to draw the contour or outline of the clothes. With the guy, I'm just drawing a v-neck t-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. For the girl I'm drawing just a regular v-neck, some skinny jeans, and sneakers.

The outline

 Now that we have the basic outline and the light source, we need to find where all of the values go. I like to start with the wrinkles. If your person is moving or bending there will be more wrinkles. If they are just standing (like my people are) then there will be less wrinkles. Amazing, right!?!

I like to have the wrinkles darker so that when I add other values, you can still see the wrinkles! 

Next we are going to shade in the whole thing. Think about how dark something is and try to recreate that. With every dark edge you need to have a lighter edge next to it to create space. Sorry about my shading, I'm hurrying!

 That's pretty much all you do! Remember that clothes should express your person and help set the mood!!! (Sorry the shading is bad! I'll post again to show you shading more and how to draw some other clothes.) Good luck! If you want any extra help, or have an idea for a tutorial that you'd like me to do, just leave a comment! If you want to see some other tutorials, look at Martina's blog!

See ya!

Study Tips!

Well it's the end of the school year and finals are here! Students are super stressed, tests are being thrown at everyone, and we are all trying to survive. If you are super stressed, look at Micaela's blog! She has a great post about things that should relax you.

With finals comes lot's of studying, so I'm going to show you some study tips that help me and some of my friends!

Flashcards

Front

Back 

The good old original flashcards. If you've never used these before they are super easy and self explanatory. First, take a card (5''x3'') or small piece of paper. Write the term on one side and the definition on the other. Tada! You've got a flash card!  Flashcards are always super good to use if you have vocab to study for. I also like to use them when I am studying for map tests. I use them to remember countries and their capitals. (Countries on one side, capitals on other)

Paper Folded Terms

Terms go on one side of the folded paper
and then your definitions will go on the other side.

When you open the paper up this is what it'll
look like!

The only down side to flash cards is that they take lot's of time to write so my brother showed me this method! You take a paper and fold it in the middle hot dog style. You write the terms on the left side and on the right side you write your definition. It's pretty much the same as flashcards but to me it seems like you are saving lot's of time and you don't have to worry about loosing any of the cards! You can also write the term and definition on one side and draw a picture of a diagram on the other side. Like this:

Definition and explanation of terms on the right side and on
the left side I have the diagrams and I've labeled them.

Quizlet

Quizlet is an online flashcard website. You create an account (it's free) and you can either make your own cards or you can use other cards that people have already created. You can play 'games' to help with your memorization and you can take tests with the terms. I found this website this year and it is amazing! It helps when you can't have paper with you and you just have your laptop.

Well, I hope these help! Good luck with all your tests, don't procrastinate! (I am a major procrastinator so that is hypocritical...sorry!) Do you have any other easy ways to study? If you do, leave a comment!

Good Luck!

Sunsets and Mid-Day

I'm back with another photography post! Towards the end of this week I was trying to come up with something and then as I was studying for an AP Geography test I looked out the window and thought, WHOA! I need to take a picture of that sunset!  I threw aside my studying (quite happily) and jumped up to get the camera.

Here are some of the pictures I took! 

I loved this sunset because of the contrasting colors and because the clouds looked so cool! They reminded me of a feather or one of the fossils in science that we always talk about...(Trilobites?) It just looked so awesome! I really liked how the colors and silhouettes of the hill and tree set the mood!

In art, we always talk about how artists paint the same landscapes just at different seasons or with different weather to ry and create different moods. So I wanted to try and do that with these photos! I took just a few pictures of the same angle just at a different time. 

Wouldn't you agree that it gives the photo a completely different feel? As you take pictures, or are creating something, think about what you want your viewer to see and how you are expressing yourself. You can do that by asking if you are using the right backdrop, the right colors, the right lighting, etc. I really like this quote I found on Brainy Quote:

"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place...I've found it had little to do with the things you see and everything with the way you see them." 

-Elliott Erwitt

I find this quote to be so true! It all deals with your perspective! Just like when you were little (or grown up) and you'd look up at the clouds and try to see something out of clouds. You might have seen an elephant but your friend might have seen a t-rex! As you take pictures try to make what you see as clear as possible so that others can see it too!

Well, I hope you are a little bit more inspired and you've got some new ideas! Good luck!

See ya!

PS! Good luck with finals too!