Welcome to the Speedpainting challenge #1
Volume One, Issue One
Dear Friends,
How would you like to learn to paint and become a fantastic artist? Allow me to explain how I learned to do it. I'm so sure you can do it too. Become a fantastic artist and you would seldom be bored. I can help you learn to draw right here at Steemit. I want the same thing happen to you. It can.. sooner than you think. No experience necessary. On Steemit, I've developed a "how to post" for drawing on paper by using my new layering techniques. This post is based on my proven success as a professional artist.
Where on the paper do I draw? That's the hard part. Picking pens and making creative penstrokes is easy. In this post, you need not to worry about where to draw. This post will show you where to apply your creative pen strokes. It's simple. Just draw over the white areas on your printed out images. These images are computer generated from a public domain domain picture of a sunflower. Using thresholds, I created 4 levels of brightness. These images are called, "cells". On cell 1, you'll see the lightest shades of the sunflower. On cell 4, you'll see the darkest shade of the sunflower. We will be using layering techniques with these 4 cells of brightness. You'll be using paper as your canvas. Your pen drawing will be applied directly on your printed out cells. The lightest, cell 1, will be drawn first and the darkest, cell 4 will be painted last.
Getting started, run to your nearest office supply store and buy some paper, carbon paper and a colored red ballpoint pen. Tips and hints: there are many other ways to use the layering techniques. you can use slides, projectors or lucy camera or lucidia apps and project them on canvas. You can draw this project with your drawing apps. You put the cells on a light table and draw on your thin transparent like canvas on top of the cells. I bought a big tea jar and put a lamp it. I taped the cell on the outside of the jar and then put freezer paper on top of the cell and painted on that. The number one most important thing is registering the corners of each cell. There are other mediums that can be used. Try different kinds of pens, paints and canvases. There are many ways to create a great piece of work. If you have any new ideas or would like to share your experiences with other artists, please share them in the comments of this post. Follow me for the next issue #2, challenges with more cells and in color ! This post is the basics of the upcoming challenges that could turn you into a fantastic artist. Even a 3 year old could paint like a professional. The professionals could paint with more freedom in creativity, especially in flash lightning speed. One could mass produce using these techniques. You can hire artists and have good quality control. You'll have the ability to deliver good work on time and more frequently.
Let's get started !
Printout the 4 cells. Use carbon paper. Printouts goes on top of carbon paper and then on top of paper or card. Using a colored (if possible) ball point pen, draw inside white shapes. Start with #1, then do #2, then #3 and #4. Each cell makes you card get darker and darker. Try it. Ask questions here. Important: use corners to mark for registration. Each cell must register with the card. You could use a needle and poke a hole at the 4 corners and line it up with the card.
Let's go over this again.
Print out cells, draw on cells with carbon paper on canvas.
Register, at the corners, with pins and pin holes.
Draw with ball point pen.
Draw cell #1, #2, #3 and #4.
Don't forget to follow me for more upcoming issues, more colorful paintings and the great collaborative art challenge where we can all join together and make art together. It's going to be FUN !
Please show your results in the comments.
First, tape your printout to card or paper. Only tape your cell on one side so you can slip the carbon paper between your cell and canvas. Then poke a hole with a pin. the holes are your register marks.
A red ballpoint pen works better and you'll need to draw hard. I did use a black pen here for demonstration. A red pen would be better so you can avoid black areas better. you'll need to see the difference between red pen and black on the cells while you draw.
This is what the canvas looks like after you're done with cell 1. Now do 3 more cells.
A view of the cell 2 on top of the canvas. You can see I taped only the right side of the cell. Slip your carbon paper, black side down, between the cell and canvas. The carbon paper is not shown in this picture.
Here is the result. If you were to fill in the white areas a little more, the flower would show up more.
Here are the cells that can be printed out on one paper.
Below are the individual cells to be printed out.
I found this and might be helpful in tracing your images. Let this image, below, give you a clue how you find a light table. Use you window as a light table.
