Black'n'White.

Hey Guys!

Just a quick note from me saying that there won't be a post tomorrow because I've got a dance exam rehearsal and after that I'm going away to stay with my nan for the week.

Amethyst<3xx

Drawing Tutorial: How to Draw Manga Style Heads

Hey Guys!

Today I'm going to be explaining to you (what I think is) an easy and simple way to draw manga style heads. But before we start, just a quick disclaimer: If this system looks the same as some other artists demonstrate, that's probably because it is! It's also the way that I learned do it and it massively helped me, so hopefully it'll help you all too. And I've done this so often now that I no longer need to use this, but if your a beginner this'll help - trust me.

In this picture I've done three different heads to show you how to draw male, female and children's heads. Let's get started!


What you'll need:

1x Piece of normal paper (anything will do just as long as it's not to thin)
1x HB pencil (I use Staedtler)
1x Ruler (this one's kneadable, but any normal one will do)
1x Eraser (again mine's Staedtler)
1x Glass or compass (to make a circle)
1x Pen (for inking - a Faber Castel sizes S and F)















So first draw a circle using either a compass or a glass.

Next draw a line down the centre of the circle splitting it down the middle.

Now it's time to add the jawline. First make a little line below the circle to mark the bottom of the jaw line; for a childs head the mark should be 1/3rd of the length of the original circle, for a females head the mark should be 1/2 of the length and finally for a males head the mark should be 2/3rds of the length of the circle. 

To draw the jawline itself your going to need to draw curved lines on each side of the circle leading to the line you just drew. For a male's head (far left) bring a line down from each side of the circle tilting inward slightly and then join them together with a diagonal line. For a females head the jawline is softer so just do the same as you would've done with the males just less defined and the same for a child's.

Also if you want you can also add a neck to your head as well. Children's necks are quite small compared to the head. A females neck is elegant and curves in slightly before curving out again. A males neck is quite stout and thick.














To finish of the piece I've added some hair (which I'll hopefully be doing a tutorial on soon!).

And finally I inked in everything, going over the pencil first with my S pen and then I went over some of the lines again with my slightly thicker F pen for effect and erased out the pencil.

Anyway, I hope you guys all found this tutorial helpful and/or useful. I hope is was detailed enough - I'm still new to this writing thing, so I'm still learning!

See you next week!

Amethyst<3xx

Black and White.

Drawing Specs;

Staedtler HB Pencil

Faber Castel PITT artist pen black S and F

Hobbycraft Graphite pencils 8B and 4B

Derwent Kneadable eraser

and a little bit of tissue paper for smudging!

Sorry about the lighting in this photo (I really need to sort that out).

My Birthday Haul!

Hey Guys!


So it was my birthday not to long ago and I got some money to spend in Hobbycraft (which is basically the main art shop where I live) and so I decided to go and spend all my money and I'll show you what I brought, I'll also throw in a picture of my new headphones as well as they are art related...(sort of)

     - Faber Castel PITT black artists pens - 

 So I've been looking for some decent pens, for inking in my pictures, for a while now. I saw one of these pens randomly mixed in with some other pens on the shelf and I liked the feel of it so when my mum spotted a packet of these in different sizes I brought them. They are really good quality and they're brill! I'll have to upload a picture that I've done with them some time! 
                                                

- Woodless Graphite pencils -

 I love these!!! Graphite pencils where one of the main things that made me fall in love with art (although I only had one, it's so tiny now, it's impossible to draw with) I've been looking for these for literally years! (I didn't know what they were at the time) Graphite pencils are kind of like normal pencils but they are lovely and sooth and you can smudge them as well. 

- Portable Water pot for watercolours and other paint -

(not sure what this is called)

The other day I was watching some of Baylee Jay's videos the other day and I saw that she has this cool foldable pot for holding water and I thought it was so cool and although this one is plastic it still works the same!   

- Derwent Kneadable Eraser -

It's a rubber. It feels like putty. And it rubs out pencil, charcoal and pastel.

- Sweets -

They are tasty what else can I say! Apart from the fact that they are a brill kick of energy while your drawing!

- Tinchy Strider Headphones -

For listening to awesome songs while I'm drawing!(On-ear ones are painful after a while)

  

I hope you guys all liked this post and have had a brilliant weekend!

Amethyst<3xx

Mustang!!!

Hey Guys!

Here's a really quick before during and after post for you all!

Hope you all like this picture of a Ford Mustang one of my personal favourite cars!

Amethyst<3xx 

Before.....

...During....

...After!...