art thread?

[moonlyte]

Hi folks. I've just bought a box of coloured pencils, and will be working on my first drawing soon. I'll post the completed work here. Would love people to post their art here for us to see. Doesn't matter what type of art - drawing, painting, photos/photo manipulation, cake decorating, quilting, poetry, origami, whatever. Let's have some fun and show our creativity. 🙂

http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff349/pluckaduck2/Image0062small_zps2c36aa27.jpg

[kengillard]

What a mongrel of a thing to do AmyX-(

[kengillard]

:-DI'm hopefully getting some camera batteries today and maybe my camera will work. so stay tuned.

[tasfleur]

"There was a boy in my year who hated me and when he got up to make an announcement at assembly, he "accidentally" kicked my sculpture off the stage. It smashed to pieces.

Ive never done anything arty since"

:_|:_| ... what a rotten thing to do to you DDB.  Now is your chance to get even though and get started again and that will remind you you can do anything, and there's nobody to ruin it this time.

[tasfleur]

Cat Mioux @ 224 .. I'm looking at that link as well, have never been able to draw a face but I'm going to try now using that, and I am learning from your face drawing Moonlight.

What an exciting thread  xx

[lakeland27]

some nice work here.  i'm a genius .. seriously. i'm so gifted i have Hallmark tattooed on my right ankle.

[tasfleur]

That's a good start Lakeland xx

Bet you could do something, be back later to see if you have, ...  😄

[monstersinthedungeon]

Kayza, I wouldn't discount Photoshop as being too technical for your daughter. Having been brought up with computers, kids are usually much more computer literate than us and tend to pick things up pretty quickly.

Photoshop is an industry standard, so if she wants to make graphic art her career, then starting her early in Photoshop would be a bonus. If you already have Photoshop, let her play around with it - you may be surprised how quickly she works it out. Just upload a photo and let her have a play with the filters and tools. There are a lot of tutorials online too, many with video instruction, so she won't have to labour through reading all the instructions.

Interesting she is dyslexic and good at art - my older cousin is also dyslexic and has always been the most amazing artist - wonder if it's linked? Unfortunately my cousin never did anything with it, because that was back in the day when dyslexia wasn't understood/recognised and he was labelled a "dummy" at school - teachers and others completely destroyed his confidence in himself.

[kengillard]

Kayza...........one of my granddaughters is slightly dyslexic, and is a very creative artist....so think there must be a connection.

[*pepe]

top pic is a mirror, shape cut out of mdf and painted.

bottom one is just a board of mdf painted and a rustic style frame painted.

[rosieglen]