What Drawing Upside Down Actually Helps With

 Drawing upside down can actually be beneficial

Many people of the human population believe they can't draw or have no artistic abilities at all.

But if they would only try and believe in themselves they would see their abilities take form in their artistically lost minds - their creativity would come back to life. Not only would their artistic abilities increase, but also their memory, perception, communication, and problem solving would also start improving, and their stress levels would go down as well. 

But when you turn everything upside down... 

That's when your mind gets to work from a different perspective. Your mind gets to see objects from a different angle as if it is a whole new form, shapes instead of what you think they are ... Now you can truly draw what you see and not draw what you know.

I can tell my skills and perception have improved over the past few years. This turned out a lot better than when I did this study in my ninth grade art class. It is not perfect, the head is in the wrong place - I drew something too big, but it is much better.

I encourage everyone that reads this to try it, or something identically similar - (redundant?)

But after the many years I have been drawing it seems that I can pick out the details and see them as many different forms and shapes - complexity into simplicity - that is the key to drawing well. Being able to take the details and see them as simple shapes.

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Abstract Line Composition

 ABSTRACTLY ABSTRACT 

Now I haven't really done abstract much ... actually the last time I did abstract was in 9th grade.

Usually artists represent something when doing abstract, like feelings, memories, or something of that nature - But I don't, at least not for this piece. I just sat down, drew some lines, and made some designs.

I only did an abstract because it was the assignment but it turned out to be fun - I've found out over the years that pretty much anything that involves holding a pencil or a paintbrush, or any tool of the artist's trade is fun, relaxing, and just plain enjoyable. (If you've never held a paintbrush or a pencil and you haven't had much fun in the past week or even year - you definitely should give it a try).

Now to get on with the drawing ...

 

in progress Pictures

The beginning

I started off ... I didn't even know where to start - but this is where it ended up after I started.

Not Long after ...

After a few steps I had the color pencils out getting some more medium down on the paper. This piece has a little pencil, a little charcoal, a little pastel, a little sharpie, a little fine liner pen, and a little colored pencil.

A few steps later ...

Yes, Bob Ross appears.

Getting towards the finish ...

Some more color and shading was added ... I guess too much - it's supposed to be a line drawing - I probably added too much value.

And The Final Composition ...

Overall it was a fun piece to draw even though it may be weird - not like the normal pieces I usually draw - but it gets its viewers thinking. It all moves the eye to Bob Ross.

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Art Class!

 More drawings to come

I signed up for a drawing class this semester so I'll be busy drawing - unless we have to model clay? Nope, probably just drawing.

In the first week we already had three drawings due. The first one is of a mug.

My second drawing is a still life done in colored pencils. At first I could not think of anything ... No, I couldn't think of what to draw that would look appealing. 

But then my glance shifted over to the cabinet full of games and ... That's how this next drawing came to be - Still Life of Blurble.

This piece captures all sorts of movement throughout, from the grain in the table to the angled boxes of the game and the lain out cards. It moves the eye that captures the attention!

And my last drawing is a landscape done using a mixture of different mediums, ("art medium" refers to the art materials or artist supplies used to create a work of art).  I used Charcoal, colored pencils, crayons, and pastels to create this landscape.

I only had a limited time to finish these so I didn't have a whole lot of time to go into great detail as I did on the previous piece, but sometimes simplicity beats complexity. 

If you perceive this image correctly it should look like a road - more specifically; a gravel road going far and beyond the horizon from a hill with trees and grass and plopped alongside that road appears to be a telephone wire taking you diagonally through the piece.

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SAINT PHILOMENA PAINTING

 I decided to do one more painting before school started back up, so I chose a canvas of the size, 9 X 12 and put some paint on it. I did a base layer of Acrylic paint and then splattered some oil paint on top - 

I decided to film the painting from start to finish so I could see the progress in a time lapse. The phone kept shutting off on me, so the beginning with the acrylic paint has some pieces missing. The second part with the splattering of oil paint I used the camera, which worked better - but the lighting was bad so it is hard to see.

I have one finished picture of the painting - this time no progress pictures, but a progress video.

BAD LIGHTING - TOO REFLECTIVE

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