All of us amateur artists have heard, or indeed experienced, how difficult it is to draw realistic eyes (although I would contest that the nose is the hardest facial feature). Whether you’re doodling in the corner of your math homework or trying to capture the likeness of a model, there are many components involved in…
Welcome to your local YAA bloggers, Estelle Kim and Iliana Cutten’s Blog of the Month! As a dynamic duo since junior high, we have opened up our new YAA blog content, K&C Corner, to share our recommendations and offbeat thoughts. Each month we will share with you our monthly obsessions in a variety of alternating…
For some, drawing with their eyes open can already be challenging enough. When you factor in a blindfold, the level of artistic ability drops drastically. Granted, many amazing artists are able to craft masterpieces without their sense of sight. Rebecca and I do not happen to be that type of person. Our drawings are disjointed…
I’m not sure what the weather has been up to… But! lucky for you there’s events coming up that will let you forget about the blues of Calgary’s indecisive weather. Here’s a sample of what you can see March 27-29, 2015, in Calgary Taste of Bragg Creek (Friday) Take a nice drive out to Bragg Creek and…
Want to know how to draw the most difficult part of the human? Through this video, one can collect a few tips on how to draw faces.
Boredom happens to the best of us. I have compiled a list of 10 awesome activities to give you ideas to cure being bored! 1. Discover a new community: I always find it fun to discover a new community! From Inglewood to Bridgeland, Calgary has a ton of cool neighbourhoods to explore. Find a friend to come…
“Empowering youth artistic spirit through by encouraging expression, conversation and celebration.” The motto of an initiative founded in 2013 by two driven, determined and passionate high school students, the Calgary Youth Art Exhibition is ready to become an integral part in helping young artists develop, as well as find a platform for their work. Truly…
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle Have you ever wanted to draw or create something but couldn’t figure out what, or don’t have the confidence to do it? No one has to be a talented artist to be creative. All one has to…
Summer brings adventure and relaxation! It’s the time to keep the brain learning and doing! One of mine is to just draw my heart out when I couldn’t before in the school year. Here are some of the steps I had taken to drawing a not-so-monochromatic Jaguar. Be ready and committed to sit in a…
A great thing for any artist to do is gesture drawing. This kind of fast-paced drawing captures the form of a subject and makes it identifiable, but not too detailed or clean. It helps build many essential skills such as understanding proportions and muscle structure, and with practice it can help artists capture scenes quickly…
Today in art class our teacher did a fun exercise with us where we had to capture the pose of a model in 30 seconds. It sounded completely impossible. But with things like contour and gesture drawing, it’s possible – and it looks really cool, too. With contour drawing, the point is to find the…
One of my favourite songs, paired with adorable drawings 😀 Happy late Valentine’s Day?
With the Valentine’s Day hype and all, this mini film is the quickest way to get into the the spirit. Show it to your significant other to get into cupids good books. Telling the tale of a New York city young man stuck in a mundane office job, his life changes forever when a pretty…
Recently, I’ve downloaded a game called Draw Something, and at first, I’d never thought it’d be such a big hit among the smartphone/smart-devices community. Personally, I’m not a gamer, but I thought Draw Something is a pretty neat concept where you choose a word from a list of three words (where each had its own scaling of difficulty) draw…
By Andrew Greene