My Passion: Art By Maya

My Passion: Art By Maya

 

I like to do art a lot. I mostly draw, but if I can I’ll paint. I usually draw depending on my mood. For example, if I’m bored I will usually draw a flower because there are so many types and the possibilities are endless. I can sit for hours and draw flowers. I even have a special journal for my flowers.

I also design clothing, when I’m feeling happy. I design clothing because I feel like if I ever make that career I feel like that I would have a lot of good ideas. I design shirts, skirts, pants, and dresses. I usually use color pencils and pencils for this. I make the outline of the dress and the design (if it has one) in pencil. Then I color it in with the colored pencils. I decide then if I want to keep the pencil outline. I usually do because if I don’t it looks very weird.

I also like to draw eyes. I draw other people’s eyes. I use TV shows, music, and movies for inspiration. If I want to draw an eye that’s sad, I watch a sad movie to see the sad in people’s eyes, their expression and the way their eyebrows are shaped. To make someone look sad you need to make their eyes shiny or very watery. Maybe a tear down the person’s cheek. You also have to pay attention to the eyebrows. Depending on where they are, how they’re shaped is the key for sadness. When I draw eyes I usually draw manga, sad eyes, and eyes that have secrets.

When I paint, I paint landscapes or abstract. I paint on small index cards. I have a lot of sunsets, trees, and random things. I usually paint sunsets, but in a very abstract way. I do random splashes of color and it forms into a sunset. I also connect the index cards. I made this thing called Tree (very original, I know.) It was twelve index cards that formed into one big tree. If you look at each piece though, it looks like a sunset.  I always have my drawing notebook and four colored pencils (green, orange, pink, and yellow), one pencil, and one sharpener in my backpack. I usually draw on the way home from school, or on the bus sometimes. I really like to draw and paint. You could call it my passion.

Challenge #9 by Zoe

 

Challenge #9

Drawing is my favorite thing to do. I like to draw because it’s like “taking a picture” with my eye and “printing it out” when I draw. When I draw it feels like I’m creating a whole new world, and in that world, it can be anything I want it to be. From strange monsters to common cartoon characters that can be seen every day, and they can be anywhere. I can create anything by drawing if I keep practicing, and practicing, and practicing. There’s always something new to learn, so if you think you know everything about drawing your probably way, off.
One particular type of art that I like is Manga. What is Manga you ask? Manga is a popular type of Japanese art. It’s very much like the Japanese version of common cartoon shows such as The Looney Toons are in America. There are various versions of Manga and none of them are easy to draw. One of the styles is called Chibi. Chibi is a tinier version of manga. To describe it better, people are about ¼ the size of their normal sizes but their heads are huge compared to their bodies.
Manga is getting popular all over the world and even people who are not related to Asians are staring to draw using it. There are many books, websites, and videos that tell how to draw manga. One of them is:  Dragoart.com

 

 

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Blogging challenge #9 – By Grace

Challenge #9
Art
I love art, and everything about it. When I get bored I usually just go into the room where all the art supplies are kept and I am able to draw, paint or make a sculpture out of clay. I have a lot of art supplies so whenever I feel the need to create something, art is always an option. My favorite thing to do in art is draw. Sketching and drawing are awesome things to do because they can let out your emotions in a different way.A lot of people say, “I’m not good at art,” or “I can’t do that,” but what I find is that all people can draw an impression. For example, I am not that good at drawing people, but I found out that I can draw people in a Picassosort of way. A lot of people don’t have enough money to get real really good art supplies. Sometimes, I can’t even buy the kind of paints that I want, but I substitute painting for a different type of art, such as jewelry making.I used to go to a art class once in a while. It wasn’t exactly a class though because you got to do whatever you wanted to do. There were just all sorts of recycled objects put out on different tables and you got to choose what you wanted to do with them. I thought this was a great idea because kids could create anything from their imagination. You just did anything no matter if it was for school or for fun. Art is something that a lot of people can relate to. I know that I don’t particularly love to go to art museums, but when I go there I think it is very interesting anyway. So sometimes if you are not looking forward to something it is good to keep an open mind. Once you find what kind of art you are good at, you will be amazed at what you can create.
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