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Nov 22 2021

Jazz up your digital art with selection tools

Think scissors and glue...only better

Adventures in Digital Art. Selection tools . . . Like scissors & glue but better. See the Light Art

How do selection tools work in digital art? Think scissors and glue–only better. With these tools, you can manipulate your artwork in ways you only dreamed of before now. 

Check out the cool things you can do in this week’s online art lesson…

See the Light Art Class 9-DVD Boxed Set
Try 3 Free Lessons!

Download 3 video art lessons on us!

What you’ll learn…

The foundational skill of art is drawing.

Whether you’re using a pencil, pen, brush, or a piece of chalk, it’s all about drawing.

In your free lessons, you’ll learn…

…The basics of what makes a drawing
…What you need to have in your drawing “toolkit”
…The most essential skill of drawing
…How to synchronize your hand and your eyes
…The basics of composition

Adventures in Digital Art. Selection tools . . . Like scissors & glue but better. See the Light Art

Written by James Pence · Categorized: Digital Art, Jim Pence, Uncategorized, Weekly Workshop · Tagged: apps, Art, art tips, digital art, Jim Pence

Nov 01 2021

Digital Art App Features: Layers

Layers Are a Game-Changer!

Maroon background with layers of paper. Adventures in Digital Art. Digital Art App Features: Layers. See the Light Art.

In digital art, what are layers and how do they work? Think of them as transparent sheets of paper. You draw a little part of your picture on each one and they combine to form the whole. And they are a game-changer! Jim Pence explains in today’s video.

See the Light Art Class 9-DVD Boxed Set
Try 3 Free Lessons!

Download 3 video art lessons on us!

What you’ll learn…

The foundational skill of art is drawing.

Whether you’re using a pencil, pen, brush, or a piece of chalk, it’s all about drawing.

In your free lessons, you’ll learn…

…The basics of what makes a drawing
…What you need to have in your drawing “toolkit”
…The most essential skill of drawing
…How to synchronize your hand and your eyes
…The basics of composition

Maroon background with layers of paper. Adventures in Digital Art. Digital Art App Features: Layers. See the Light Art.

Written by James Pence · Categorized: Digital Art, Jim Pence, Uncategorized · Tagged: apps, Art, art tips, digital art, Jim Pence, layers, video tips

Oct 04 2021

Draw a Dazzling Ring of Tulips

Digital Art Projects - Ring of Tulips, Part 1. See the Light Art

About the Project

Learn how to create a stencil effect by drawing a dazzling ring of tulips.

Lesson Objective: 

Develop digital drawing skills by drawing a circle of tulips (stylized) and laying in the base colors. 

Learn to work with symmetry, layers, autofill, reference photos.

Resources Needed:

To create this project, I used Autodesk Sketchbook (sketchbook.com) with a Wacom Intuos Pro graphics tablet.

You can download Sketchbook free at: www.sketchbook.com

You can get a graphics tablet and pressure-sensitive stylus as low as $27 HERE

Tulip photos courtesy of:

Stux – Pixabay.com:
https://pixabay.com/photos/tulip-lily-spring-nature-flowers-65789/

Annie Spratt – Unsplash.com
https://unsplash.com/photos/QJ_NKUci2L8
https://unsplash.com/photos/ofzbB_ntUnE

Music courtesy of:

BenSound
http://bensound.com

Related Video Lessons:

Learn about Selection Tools

Learn about Symmetry Tools

Learn about Layers

 

Content Guide:

0:00-5:00 Planning the Drawing (Reference Photos)

5:00-9:40 Drawing the Ring of Tulips (Symmetry Tool)

9:40-14:15 Coloring the Tulips (Layers, Select Tool, Flood Fill)

14:15-18:05 Coloring the Stems & Leaves (Layers, Select Tool, Flood Fill)

 

Devotional Thought:

In recent months (years, actually), I’ve found myself getting discouraged when I watch the news. Sometimes I get downright angry. 

Road rage, senseless killings, racism, terrorism, hate-filled people. There’s so much evil in our world, and it’s getting worse. 

Some might say it’s just better not to watch the news. Maybe that’s true. But it’s impossible to exist in our high-tech, always connected world without hearing about all the evil around us. How should we respond?

Sadly, I often find myself getting angry and discouraged.

Last week I was listening to a recording of the psalms, and I heard something that impacted me deeply. I’ve heard/read this psalm hundreds, if not thousands, of times. But last week, the words of psalm 37 caught my heart in a new way.

I don’t have the space to go into the whole psalm here, but three times the psalmist tells us: “Do not fret because of evildoers.” In verse 8, he pointedly says, “Do not fret–it leads only to evil.”

When I read that, I realized how much I’d been fretting over evildoers and their success in this world. I also understood that such fretting only hurts me (“It leads only to evil.”)

What’s the alternative? 

The psalmist gives four appropriate responses:

1. Trust in the Lord (v. 3)

2. Delight in the Lord (v. 4)

3. Commit your way to the Lord (v. 5)

4. Be still before the Lord (v. 7)

5. Refrain from anger and turn from wrath (v. 8)

Rather than responding in anger to the world around me, I should commit my way to the Lord and calmly trust in him.

Written by James Pence · Categorized: Art Tip, Digital Art, Jim Pence, Uncategorized · Tagged: apps, Art Projects, art tips, digital art, Homeschool Art, Jim Pence, video tips, workshop

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