As I enter this new chapter with Adlaya’s Art, I thought it would be good to let everyone know why I’ve started offering digital art portraits. Digital art, much like oil paints, coloured pencil, or pastels, is simply another medium artists can use when creating their art. The difference is, digital art is created, well,ContinueContinue reading “Why Digital Art”
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Preparing to Draw
Today I want to talk about how I get ready to draw a portrait, and my techniques for laying down a basic sketch. I’ll preface by saying that I am quite lazy, and thus don’t put in as much prep work as some artists I’ve seen. Still, what I do works for me, and that’sContinueContinue reading “Preparing to Draw”
The Ugly Stage
Have you ever looked at a drawing you’re working on and decided it’s complete crap? I certainly have, and I guarantee every other artist out there has as well. I’ve heard it referred to as The Ugly Stage, and it’s an apt name. It’s the stage in a drawing or painting where you’ve just laidContinueContinue reading “The Ugly Stage”
Getting Started with Coloured Pencils
I’ve seen a lot of posts online lately asking how to get started with coloured pencils, so I thought I’d share some of my thoughts. I started using coloured pencils a few years ago, and I was terrible at it. I’d only really done watercolour and ink up until that point, and had no conceptContinueContinue reading “Getting Started with Coloured Pencils”
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