What do speed sketches and sandals have in common, you may ask? Well, I’ve never had time for much make-up and frills. while I have now moved on from cargo pants and trainers, most days you’ll still find me in jeans and flip-flops. But recently I have realised the...
Have you ever been intimidated by how to draw a stickman?!
I have done a load of hiking with my family in the mountain ranges around Cape Town. Our mountains are pretty rugged, and there are times as we set out when I look up and feel daunted by the heights we plan to conquer.
I was reminded of this intimidation factor last night…
The most interesting cartoons and illustrations have a lot of action and dynamism. However, when it comes to drawing them, sometimes our minds get overly analytical and it can be difficult to come up with a good idea and draw something interesting. What can you do to get around this?
So how can you use weightloss tools to improve cartooning?
Some years back with my clothes becoming increasingly tight, I decided I needed some extra help. I joined Weight-watchers, and off I went to weekly meetings. One of the tools was a Daily Tracker to record every morsel that passed my lips. “If you bite, you write” my leader insisted. And who was I to argue?
Last Wednesday I ended up in my son Tim’s bad books. Apples and yoghurt are regular items in my son’s lunch box and alas, the proverbial cupboard was bare of these two staples. To add insult to injury, he had been reminding me very courteously for 3 days prior to that. Now he was… hungry, to say the least 😉