#beginner art classes

[glimmerbugart]

Open Studio Recap

Saturday I hosted some really fabulous and creative ladies for my first ever Open Studio!

Guests were invited to sign up and bring with them a project that they wished to work on in my studio while chatting and snacking with new creative art friends. Some knew each other, some were new! It was a lot of fun seeing what everyone worked on and listening to the creative buzz within the studio walls.

During our open studio time, makers had a range of activities that they worked on, including crochet, watercolor cards, rug hooking and art journaling. They all had such wonderful personalities that really made the day so incredibly fun and enjoyable. There were so many laughs and stories swapped!

It’s important to have a creative outlet, and often times we don’t put time aside to do something artsy that might bring us joy. We’ve got all sorts of responsibilities and we might think that doing something creative might detract from our daily work/family/house chores and errands.

This is why I decided to host an open studio. It gives makers and creators a place to go for a few uninterrupted hours, away from the hustle and bustle of regular daily duties so that they can unwind, enjoy adult time with other creative friends and work on projects that they might not have time to do at home. It’s a great way to “escape” for a few hours!

Thank you to all the wonderful women that joined me on Saturday. I can’t wait to host another open studio soon!

[abbeyofcyn]

Ugh I really need to learn how to colour and shade... why did past me always avoid it like how I used to avoid hands and feet?

Curse my avoidance of difficult things...

I also feel like I should practice anatomy again

Tips/advice totally appreciated

[art-appreciation-dog]

Keep portraits from looking flat (via artwod_)

[sergle]

Hey Sergle, how does one learn how to draw? Like, I am in my 20s, can barely draw a stick figure, and feel overwhelmed whenever I try to look up tutorials. Do you have any advice on how to start?

my Unprofessional advice on how to start in earnest, is to do it the way little kids do when they start learning to draw! which is to not approach it as learning at all. sitting down and scribbling out whatever comes to mind, reading a book or watching a movie and trying to copy the way the characters are drawn. draw a page full of cats. do it while you watch tv. doing all that w/o the Grown Up impulse to be embarrassed that you're new at a skill.

[dailyrandomdoodles]

Got interested in another game and brain rot just had me thinking of the two together

[deuynndoodles]

there's something that just rlly fucking sucks about burnout. like? i'm not even doing much. 5 hours of class a week where i sit down at an easel and draw. then i have an assignment over the weekend that's less than 2 hours long. and i'm still exhausted. i can't draw like i usually do because my imagination + ability to craft compositions is used up. it really makes me wonder if i'll ever get anywhere in life, if this is what gets me down

anyway. i have a bit of a buffer of posts but after that idk how long it'll be. just an fyi

[upbycandlelight]

Kinda realized this yesterday on my rewatch, but yeah,

Stede started living true to himself the moment he stepped on the Revenge, but it took a bit of trial and error to learn what exactly living true to himself meant. He tested things out, worked through old fears, sought out advice, opened himself up to new experiences.

So yeah, I guess it made me realize that sometimes once you finally let yourself just be yourself, that’s when those that would love you for who you are are drawn to you. Because you’re finally living as you! They see all of who you are and say “Yes, you’re fuckin perfect” Which I’ve heard before but it’s something that’s always been hard to internalize,,

So, I’m just really glad I finally sat down and watch OFMD, to me it really said “You’re not alone, this shit’s hard but I promise it’s worth it”

[butter-luvur]

😔

[covillain]

My new DnD Charakter! :>

Usually, I am a DM buuuttt a friend of mine, will be Dming for their birthday. So, here my Aarakocra bard! Who still doesn’t have name so if anyone has any ideas let me know ^^

[boycritter]

epic still life moment

[glimmerbugart]

Exciting Adult Art Classes in 2023

The weekend was abuzz with artful activities both in my studio and at Five Sparks in Harvard.

Saturday, my middle kiddo and I spent the day at a creative table at Five Sparks in the center of Harvard, sharing our artwork and meeting some fantastic new people. While I kept myself busy painting watercolors and sharing handmade Valentine tags, my daughter worked showing everyone what Artist Trading Cards and Artist Trading Coins are and helping visitors create their own. We made up little kits for purchase that several people took advantage of.

It was such a fun day and we both had a great time, being creative together as well as meeting new faces in our community.

Visitors were also given handouts (below) of classes that I will be hosting in my studio this year! Very exciting and so many creatively fun choices!

The best way to keep up to date on these classes is to join my email list or to drop me a note in my contact form to be added to the list. I don’t send out too many emails so won’t clog up your inbox at all!

This year, there will be adult art classes in my Harvard, MA art studio that focus on:

Tunnel Books

Mixed Media

Drawing

Watercolor Cards

Intro to Gouache

Learn How to Embroider

Lettering

Handmade Books/Journals

DIY Greeting Cards

Paper Crafting

Watercolor Painting

Acrylic Painting

Paper Villages

Collage

Putz Glitter Houses

Recycled Art Journals

Junk Journals

Gel Printing

Mandalas

Rock Painting

Creating Art Fodder

Art Swap School

Mixed Media Projects Club

Creative Club Meet Ups

So as you can see, lots planned for 2023! Very exciting and I hope you’ll join us for some creative fun this year!

[clever-fox-studios]

Art Lessons

I'm just dropping this here because the idea keeps floating in my head about revisiting something I did back in the SAMS server (yes, hi, I was there, some of you probably know me from art chat) that I really enjoyed and I've been considering trying again to provide accessible resources to young or under-skilled artists.

So, back in the day (early 2023) when I was there (SAMS), I held a couple of streams where I tried to explain anatomy and breaking down bodies into shapes and how those lessons overlapped into other subjects like non-humans. I felt there was a moderate success, as I am and always have been, self-taught and thus I don't have the formal knowledge that comes from university classes (though I would like some one day); having been online enough I've seen the biases in the art community with the agism and such where older people who "missed" the window of opportunity are often pushed aside because they're expected to "know" by now how to Do The Thing when they weren't given the same opportunities then.

I've also seen how most how-to books, videos and classes, in many countries, seem to lack general fundamentals as part of their criteria; the number of 'students' who professed that their teachers or the instructor seemed to assume they had a basic idea of how to draw already before starting class was... staggering to say the least.

"I didn't know what [this] meant, I was just told to do it."

"We were never taught how to break this down, we just had to copy [this]."

Etc.

Nevermind the style biases; I despise the "Anime isn't art" arguments and how they try to force a style onto the learners as if they're superior for being 'traditional' or 'realistic'. I'm a person who does push for the fundamentals because they can be applied to all styles in some way; learn the rules to then break the rules and all that. Technical skill is not the same as style, in my book.

So, that being said, I would really love to revisit those streams one day soon, if the interest is still there. I'm planning to open a discord server for it where I can host the small-scale streams until I get a platform open for larger audiences; I'm thinking Twitch, but my set up isn't really good for that, and I need a certain amount of watch time/followers on Tiktok and Youtube (for some stupid reason) so while I figure that out, discord is better than nothing. VODs could be made or uploaded to Youtube later for review until I make proper edited stuff, but that's much later.

I just really miss offering help because art should be accessible and no one should feel isolated in the "you should know by now" bubble simply because their living situation or environment didn't afford them the time or resources to sit and draw all day, every day and teach themselves where classes failed or assumed they knew what they were dong already. Also, that live feedback can help a lot and allow others to run at their own pace instead of getting steamrolled by the 'natural talent' as I can repeat or revisit something and answer questions in real-time (as much as I'm able).

So if that's something that seems fun or interesting, I'd leave it open to any age (behave yourselves) to come learn; if I get enough interest I'll start making the discord and think of a schedule plan, but for now it's an idea!

Thank you for dropping by!

[r4rw1ngd1n0]

I drew these not too long ago

I love the 2nd Mako sketch

[onsa-online-sewing-academy]

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[michiboy]

I am not okay.

[oifaaa]

It’s not a matter of costume. It’s a matter of height. Robin is not allowed to be anywhere near the same height as Batman. Tim just got unlucky that his growth spurt stopped at short. No one would accept it if Batman and Robin stood next to each other and were the same height. Gotham would fall to chaos.

You say this but then what about when everyone in Gotham finally wises up and realises that Cass is the ultimate batman candidate my girl is tiny what size would her Robin have to be