To access more Elysium's Passage blog postings:https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-postsor https://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage Who looks outside dreams; who looks inside awakens                                                                     Carl Jung                                                              ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 100 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site _______________________________________________ SEARCHING FOR LOVE IN ALL THE WRONG WAYSIS What is Rumi saying? It might require some thought since I’m not sure how much the world understands its meaning. It seems implicitly true, yet more importantly, appears to call us to examine what resistances we erect that don’t serve our quest to be loved for who we are. So, what are these barriers? Only we can answer ...

Hello Everyone, I just wanted to say that it’s ok to have an off sketch day. This happened to me this week, two days in a row really which frustrated me at the time but it taught me another important lesson, well two really. I thought I would try something a bit different and do a male face rather than a female one for a change.  I did a really nice sketch in a green pencil for a change.           ...

This post is intended to assist readers interested in Elysium's Passage blogs to rapidly find and access over 100 posts on this site. The first section lists the majority of topics without regard to subject or posted dates. The second section lists the first four chapters of Elysium's Passage: The Ascent and the Series Prologue.  The third section relates to personal profiles. The fourth section has a number of my photos, including pictures of my mountain climbing adventures and my cabin retreat in ...

For more Elysium''s Passage Blog Posts, go to  https://digitalbloggers.com/arts-and-entertainment/ep-blog-posts for over 100 links orhttps://digitalbloggers.com/articles/elysiumspassage for the host site  _______________________________ GUARD YOU HEART  Identifying with negative emotions can be lethal to all facets of our mental, spiritual and physical well- being. Manifestations of negativity are always rooted in fear because fear is the opposite of love. It is the ego. So why do we continue to indulge in the insanity of its toxicity, when we know it will make us unhappy. Why do watch the Mainstream media, read ...

Hello Everyone, I hope your week has gone well.  This week I want to share my watercolour tips for beginners from what I have learnt this week. Last weekend I had some young family members over and this led me to delving out all my art supplies old and new.  I found some watercolour palettes from my college/uni days and they were barely used! And they were over 20 years old!! I pulled them out and decided to see if they were still ...

Hello Everyone, Following on from last week about artists tools I wanted to write about how to use references for art specifically as that is what I have been using this week. Faces I have focused on faces again this week, not for any specific reason and I have also been using pencil again as I felt a bit out of practice with it after using the iPad for a while.  I used Pinterest for the references and focused on ‘female face drawings for ...

Hello Everyone, This week I wanted to talk about art tools for learning.  Not the traditional pencils, pens, paints and paper etc.  But the other tools, the ones that help you learn. Purpose Their purpose is to help you to better understand certain aspects of art, wether it be the human form, how light and shadow work or constructing scenes.  There is a big misconception people have about art in that when they see someone start a drawing they assume it was done ...

Hello Everyone, I wanted to write about how to have patience with your art. This is something I have had to grasp this week doing my full head of hair project that I set myself.  Patience Is A Mindset Whenever I start a drawing or piece of art I have this expectation that I should and can do it all in one go and every piece should be like that.  In my mind I knew this is not very realistic but the silent ...

Hello Everyone, Drawing hair, that seems to be what has happened over the last week! A combination of keeping digital in order to learn more about digital are I seem to have focused in on hair.  How to draw it, colour it and texture it. Techniques I have found several techniques and methods of doing it and still evaluating as I think they have different places of use depending on the overall look you want to achieve.  Technique 1 I have used the soft airbrush ...

Hello Everyone, This week I wanted to focus on the power of tutorials.  I have been doing a few more this week and am still playing around with Procreate. The Power of Tutorials I have not picked up a traditional pencil in a couple of weeks now as seem to have favoured my Apple Pencil and Procreate on my iPad.  This has let me to explore YouTube and Skillshare for tutorials and also a book that I have bought (beginners guide to digital ...

Hello Everyone, Well this week I went from take a break to teach myself.  In last weeks post I said I would watch some YouTube tutorials on Procreate and just use my iPad, Apple Pencil and Procreate as my tools.  Then do 3 tutorials and create a piece of artwork using the skills I gained from the tutorials. Well I did it and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Tutorials There are a plethora of tutorials out there on YouTube but the account I found ...

"We are typically led to believe that being “nervous” is a bad thing; but in reality, those nerves that you feel before a performance are not really the enemy. Most of us have never learned how to use adrenaline to our advantage. By telling ourselves to “just relax”, we are actually doing each other a disservice by implicitly confirming that the anxiety we feel is bad and to be feared” Centering was designed in the 1970s by the sport psychologist Dr. ...

Hello Everyone, It’s ok to take a break!  This is what I wanted to write about this week as yesterday I did not do any sketching.  I just needed the day to relax and recharge myself. The last week or two I have felt a little bit plateaued and it’s felt like a bit of a chore to pick up the pencil. Not sure wether that’s due to the subject matter or the tools I am using as I seem to have ...

Hello Everyone, I hope you have all had a great week.  I have been doing some 5 minute sketches this week to help improve my drawing skills further. 5 Minute Sketches So last week I said I would have a go at some 5 minute sketches so in preparation I sourced some  reference images and printed them out in readiness.  I used the timer on my phone and got started.        I only did a couple each time.  What I found is ...

Hello Everyone, I have to admit I did not do a sketch yesterday which posed the questions ‘What to do when you feel uninspired?’ I don’t think the weather helped as it was so hot and humid just standing made you sweat.  I just did not know what to draw and I was not inspired by anything really.  “Shall I use markers? Nah,” “shall I use some water colour pencils?Nah” and on it went. So I just left it. Don't Judge Yourself It’s ok ...

Hello Everyone, This week I wanted to write about perspective in art. Perspective and foreshortening is something that I found hard to do in drawing and it popped it’s head up the other week. I did try some sketches using references from Pinterest but found them well.. boring.                                   Find A Subject That Inspires You I bought a book a while ago on Manga art, a how ...

Hello Everyone, In week 6 I wrote a post about faces and having drawn mostly faces this week I noticed something, my faces now have ‘life’ in them, especially the eyes.  This has led me to write about faces part 2 how to constructively review your artwork as this is what I am going to do in this post.  Looking Back I know looking back is generally not good as we don’t want to dwell in the past but there are certain situations ...

Hello Everyone, I hope you are all having a great week.  Seven weeks ago I wrote a post about switching up your art which focused on changing from paper to digital.  This week I want to follow on from that a bit further to keeping it fresh and by that I mean keeping all the skills and techniques you have been learning and experimenting with over the last few months or however long up to date. Gaps That Take You Back To ...

Hello Everyone, I hope you are all well.  This week I wanted to share that there’s more than one way to draw something. My sketches this week have been a bit all over the place. I have done noses, hairstyles, faces, mouths and a curvy lady. Different things on different days, whatever took my fancy. Learning I have also been watching lots of you tube tutorials as well.  Searching under how to draw, faces/noses/eyes/lips etc.  It helps me if I am lacking in any ...