Admin Post: Community Check-In for March 2024

[goss]

Today's the last day of March, and we'd love to have you check in and chat with us. How have things been with you this past month?

Did you sign up for or take part in any fandom activities in March, or have you been working on any personal art projects? Are you currently trying to meet a deadline? Feel free to share upcoming art challenges that have got you excited, any frustrations you've been experiencing, possible goals for the next month, and so on. :)

Our Round-up of entries for Drawing Challenge #63: Let's Move will be posted tonight, and a new monthly art challenge will be issued this week. :)

Comments

[dirty_diana]

I bought a colouring book, and then some coloured pencils, which has led to me trying to figure out how tp use coloured pencils in original drawings. I'm not sure I've gotten the hang of it yet (my instinct is PRESS HARDER and apparently that's bad? next stop: how to blend) but it's fun.

[seleneheart]

Lol, yes, press harder is bad.

My preferred method of blending is mineral spirits. Although a colorless blender or a white pencil also work pretty well.

[dirty_diana]

It's counterintuitive, lol. I have baby oil (also good for oil pastels!) in the art supply box , so I was going to start blending experiments with that, but I will investigate the others. I think I need to figure out the best paper, too.

[mekare]

Glad you found a way back to making art! Sometimes it takes a colouring book (I usually get inspired by my daughter's).
I don‘t know if you‘re looking for inspiration or tutorials, but if you do, I found Kirsty Partridge's YouTube videos pretty thorough. Just don‘t get too intimidated because her goal are hyperrealistic drawings. She has some videos on the fundementals of the medium though.

[dirty_diana]

I love seeing how hyperrealistic artists work, I will check it out!