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- Ken X Amada -

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Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:53 am

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Hi everyone. Let's share our writing/drawing techniques here! That way, we can help others improve and better ourselves at the same time! To cut you the slack, sharing equals caring.

Ken-kun's Writing Tip #1
~ The first technique I'm going to share is the one-word style. The function of it is to intensify situations, emotions, et cetera. Example:

"She stomped her way down the creaking flight of ebony wood. Fury. Anger. Wrath. As she finished her vulgar descent from her room, all those had accumulated into a deadly time bomb, ready to detonate at any moment..."

Put the technique to good use and it's bound to help!

Ken-kun's Art Tip #1
~ This may sound basic, but it's really good to utilize. When coloring, it is recommended that you outline the frame of the item beforehand with a darker color of the one you intend to use. I am not good in explaining/describing this, but it leaves a subtle effect to your artwork.

Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 5:11 pm

Painting with Acrylics

-The more water you use the more it's going to thin out so if you want to mix colors but it's already dry get it really wet and go over it. This makes black gray and so forth too.

- Use Gesso for white. It will make your paint spread more evenly and consistently then anything else I've seen. It may be used as a primer to get things smooth, but it works really well to thicken up colors, lighten up colors, and smooth out the paint. It'll take about a 1:4 ratio of Gesso to pigment to get the color back to the original color and it will be dulled but not enough that it will look nasty. You can also buy Gesso in larger amounts then white.

- To do shades in acrylic paint it the medium color, add a little bit of black to the color on the plate, paint that on the bottom while the medium color is wet. This will mix it a bit so you get it a shadowy color. Use the medium color again and add the lights by the same style. Just use white without mixing it to get the real highlights and then wait for it to dry and go back over, thinly, where the highlights are.

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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:08 pm

Coloring with Chalk Pastels

-When coloring with chalk pastels it's best to not wear good clothing or wear a smock over your clothes. Chalk pastels can smear and get onto your clothing or others' clothing.
-Make sure that you're coloring on a washable surface. Chalk pastels can stain surfaces and might be permanent if not on a washable surface (wood works great as well).
-Use sealant! The sealant is your friend so please use it that way the pastels don't get over all sorts of stuff. (If you can't use acutal sealant hair spray is acutally a good substitute (but not for very long).)
-Color schemes are the best! If you have a good color scheme your work will look interesting and have an awesome flare to it! ^^
-Mixing colors is tricky! When mixing colors make sure you don't mix a secondary and and oposite primary together, the occuring result would not look very good and may turn into brown. Also when mixing colors you can use your finger or a tissue (or napakin, whichever you prefer) which will help mix the colors better.

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