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1. Meet your Teacher - Are you Ready to Play?: We all have these
days where it's incredibly hard to
even get started. We have all these art supplies more than we could wish for. But, or music or nor Insights. Hi, I'm Jenny Monday shot and I help my students to
overcome starters, anxiety, fear of failure, and artist's block, and
fun and intuitive way. In this class, I will teach you to approach the
creative process and small and manageable
ways that can lead to new ideas to help you get
yourself out of bed run. This is an approach that can
benefits absolutely anyone, no matter what art supplies you use or what
kind of value half, it doesn't really matter. Just follow the steps
and we'll have some fun. If you're excited, Let's grab our supplies and can
create his name.
2. Let's Warm Up With 5 Minute Portraits: Let's warm up with some
five-minute portraits known. Overthink it, just
observe and try to capture the expression more than the likeness of the person. And for this reason, it's really most
important that you will find a reference photo
that resonates with you. And it already has a
bunch of emotion because that will help you to find interesting characters
in your own art. First, I will map out my
features and then I'll take a blending stump and move
the charcoal around. And now it's time for me to start bringing in
those features. I'm just observing the shapes and the direction
of the eyebrows. Eyebrows have a lot
of emotion in them. So keep an eye on those. And don't worry about
making things perfect. When it comes to learning how to create emotive portraits. It's about practice,
practice, practice. I'm talking quantity
over quality. It's so much better to do a whole bunch of tiny,
quirky little portrait. There may be a little bit off, but you've had fun doing them. Instead of struggling through a big portrait with lots of details and you're frustrated. That makes us want to give up. Instead, what we'll
do is we're going to make a couple of
quirky portraits, and then we're going to
have some fun with them. Let's do another one. As you can see, I'm really
into more mature portraits. It's as if after a
certain age we're allowed to just be ourselves
and show our feelings. And again, I'm starting
out with roughly finding my features and then going over it with
my blending stick. I think this is a
little bit safer than going right in there with the features
for me anyway. Slack, I can already see
the portrait in my mind if I have Just a few touches
of the charcoal there. The reason why I love my charcoal is that it's
so incredibly flexible. I don't have to worry
about messing it up because I can just
get my blending stump, my eraser and try again. And I don't really use my eraser as a correction
tool most of the time, but rather to draw
in the highlights. And by observing the
shadows and the highlights. That is how you can
create forum and your portraits. Hang on. I'll show you up close here
with my blending stump. I'm moving around the charcoal. And in about a minute
I'm going to take my Tombow mechanical eraser and I'm going to put
in some highlights. You just need to remember that everything that's
sticking out in your face, like the tip of the
nose, cheeks, forehead. That should be a
little bit lighter because catches the light. You can erase it in there. I like to live in some texture, but that's really
a personal choice. You do what makes you happy? You see the position
of the eyebrows. That is really important
in this little portrait. Imagine the eyebrow being
the opposite direction. She would look a
little bit more angry, I think, my five-minute syrup. So let's move on
to the next one. The reason why I'm
suggesting that you time your portraits is that you won't get stuck in perfectionism. And by giving yourself
this limitation, you won't have time to fuss about and get
obsessed by the details. Just keep things moving and accept that they're
not going to be perfect. I applaud that. I think perfection is a little
bit boring, to be honest. Let's take a look at
couple of portraits of one of my favorite artists,
Robert Aaron's marks. I really love as expressive
use of his materials. What if he had been obsessed by getting things
right and realistic? We would have missed out on
so many gorgeous paintings. Okay, back to the project. I think I will just put on some music so you can watch
me for a little while. I hope that you
enjoyed watching me. Now, let's look at some key takeaways before I
move on to the next lesson. So that captures an emotion
that resonates with you. Don't overthink it. Just observe the highlights and
shadows to create form. Focused on expression
rather than likeness. Don't get lost in the details. Simplification is
your new superpower. And last but not least,
a fun with them. Now, let's move on
to the next lesson.
3. Add a little Oomph with Color & Texture: Let's add a bit of color. I have sprayed these with some fixative couple of times
and let it dry in between. And that is why I
can add my ink on top of my charcoal now so
that it won't mix in with it. And I'm just moving my raw sienna acrylic ink
over the page and I'm taking some water and
spreading it around. While it's wet, I can add in some texture with a bit of salt and sprinkle it around
the page and you can add color to your work
in any way you see fit. Of course, I'm just going
to show you a couple of ways to get you started. Let's put this to try. For this one, I'm going to
do almost the same thing, except now I'm going to
paint it around my figure. Try some different approaches
during your explorations. You can work with different color schemes
or at multiple layers. Whatever gets you excited or
out of your comfort zone, let your imagination run free. I'm going to keep it
broader simple myself. Just because I don't
want you to have to watch for an hour
before you can play. Because we can watch all
the videos that we want. But in the end, we learn by
actually creating ourselves. So that is what I
would like you to do. Take some risks, some fun. Whenever you're
not happy with it, then count your blessings
because now you have little canvas that you can go crazy on because you
don't care anymore. If you don't like it, it's a very safe space to get
a little extra weird. You know, not everything that we do needs to
become a masterpiece. In fact, I have
learned so much from my failed projects and they are just as valuable
as the good ones. Of course we all like it
when their turnout. Well. But the reality is that the creative process is an
ebb and flow kind of thing. It is okay to just reflect on what you didn't
like and you're thinking about how you can do it differently the next time, and then
you play again. And that's the secret
to finding your style. It's not something that you
need to consciously work on. You just play and play
and play some more. And along the way, you will learn what you like, what you don't like,
what you wanna do. More of. Your style will keep evolving. And it's all about what you
like to do in the moment. And that's it. Nothing more to it. Before I move on, I'm going to play with some
repetition of the pattern. And I think that
will certainly add little bit more to his girl. So to sum up, try some
different approaches. When we keep doing the exact
same thing over and over, we don't really
learn what we like. And that's pretty important
for your proceeds. If you don't like one
of them, go nuts. Give yourself permission to play extra heart with this one. Maybe you would like to take Breyer and some gesso or
paint and just go over part of it and try to really do some crazy things on those because you
have nothing to lose. And lastly, work in
ways that excite you. Because the more excited you
are about what you're doing, the more you're inclined
to keep creating. And over time your style will come in better and
better at what you do. Now. That's not a fun
adding a little bit of texture and color to your
pieces that we're creating.
4. A Personal Touch - Trust your Intuition: Now it's time to do whatever it is that
your heart desires. I'm just going to
show you what I've chosen to do to give
you some inspiration. But what I really
would like for you is that you follow your wants
and your own intuition. But feel free to be inspired
by whatever I'm doing here. Just going to put on some music. And whenever I have
something important to say, I will let you know. Here I'm noticing that I'm
having some difficulty drawing on top of my acrylic
inks with my charcoal. I sprayed some fixative there. And now I'm going to put some
clear gesso on top of it. That will help me to
draw on it again, because the critics always are a little bit
plasticky and smooth. And our drawing tools,
they don't like it. So we need to give
them that gritty, clear gesso in order to proceed. I just wanted to finish this lesson with
giving you a couple of tips to add your own personal
touch to his portraits. Find inspiration
in your own arts. Is there something you have
enjoyed doing in the past? Maybe flip through
some old sketchbooks. You could find some interesting color
palettes to work with. Or maybe you discover a technique that you really
enjoyed but forgot about. Or maybe you would like to
incorporate your thoughts or certain symbols
in your artwork. In other words,
anything that you would like to explore further
because it interests you. I hope that these
tips were helpful. And I wish you lots of fun finishing up your
playful explorations. And when you're ready, I will tell you about
the class projects.
5. Let's Turn Those Warm Ups into Art!: I hope you have lots of fun playing and
messing and baths, and I hope you are
relaxed and happy. Now, let's take a
little bit of time too. Really evaluate
what we have done. See what we like, to see what we didn't like. And based on that information. For the final class project, I would like you to
create a new work of art based on whatever
you have done. So e.g. if I wanted to make
a new work of art, based on these three, I would ask myself
some questions. First of all, I ask myself which ones am I most drawn to and why. I like these two the most. Just because they have a little bit of
storytelling in them, which is lacking in this one, and that is my jam. So I could still use
this one as inspiration, but for maybe smaller parts, like maybe I want to use some of that salt in the
wet, watery ink. Or maybe I want to stem my
painting with found objects. And I could ask the question, do I really want to focus on this one which I love the
most and bring in some of the other elements like maybe some collage or drawing
with Neil color crayons. Maybe I want to do this shirt in this manner by erasing
the pattern in there. I think I would like that
more than what I did here. So stuff like that. And it's just a starting
point, you know, when you are working
on your painting. Maybe you want to
do even new things. Don't limit yourself with
whatever you have done here. Here, I'll show you what I mean. For my own class project. I combined my
favorite figures into a more cohesive composition
so that the two figures on top of the bird lady are
interacting with each other. And it's a whole new story. This time I decided
to place them onto a textured background by bringing two kinds of red
on top of black gesso, and that created a
whole different vibe. I then sculpted my figures with some Neil color crayons and this two below 0 pencil
because that is what I love to do and it is my
own personal touch. For me, this is a very
relaxing way of creating. This was a perfect way
to tie it all together. I hope this gave you
some direction for what to do for your
own class project. If you're interested to see me create this from
start to finish. I will put a link in my PDF file that I'll
put in resources. And I'm also very interested to hear what you thought
about this class. Like, what do you want to
see more of in the future? Because that information is so valuable to me as a teacher. So I can keep creating
classes that you'll love and will help you on
your creative journey. I hope that helped
you on your way. If you have any more questions, then don't be shy
and reach out in the classroom because I
would love to help you out. And if you're
comfortable to do so, I also love it. If you will, upload your
work to the classroom. Both your play sessions and
your final class project. I would really love
to see those and you can inspire each other
as well in a process, I always love checking out what others did
here on Skillshare. It's so much fun and
I'm always amazed by how all these different
brains interpret the exercise this in completely
different manners. And I think that's really
helpful to learn as well. And last but not least, I would like to thank
you so much for jumping into this
adventure with me. I hope that you enjoyed the class and I wish
you had creating.
6. Bonus: You're invited to a Laidback Art Challenge!: Let's do a little bonus video. First of all, thank you so much for your beautiful refuels. This really helps me to have my class shown to even more students and
also makes me happy. So thank you, I'm so glad
you enjoyed the class. Now, let's make
it even more fun. I'm doing an artist challenge
on my Instagram page where I will help you to get the most out of my
class here on Skillshare. For first prompts, I want you to take one of your
warm ups after you have created your class project and lay some more on top of it. Now that your warm-up has served its purpose
as inspiration, it has freed up our minds to
play on it some more life. Maybe we couldn't do in that warm-up session because we're still a little bit upside. But now it's done. What are you going to do? It it probably going
to frame it and go and do that and
take another one. But if you're not
going to frame it, then let's play some more. I'll show you an example. I hope that, that inspired
you to play some more. Now, I'm going to continue
this, our challenge. My Instagram page at
Journey Murray show up. Why am I American Ising my name? And for the upcoming weeks, I'm going to share a
little reals or post with you to inspire your further to make the most
out of my class. I hope you'll have
some fun with me. If you post your art
on your Instagram, please use the hashtag
inspired by a dream, any shell so that I can find you and that you can
inspire each other. And together we'll fill up this hashtag with awesome artsy. And together we can
set up this hashtag with lots of quirky
and fun arts. I hope to see you there.
Let's make some art.
Jerney Marisha, Making Art Fun Again
