Some thoughts on art acedemie

So hey there Happy People,

If you are here to see some creations, I have to disappoint you. Today I just wanted to talk and let my thoughts out for a bit, because I've been thinking a lot lately and why not write it down and may be share it with you.

I've been thinking about this pre-schooling I'm doing. The thing is, I would like to tell all of you that it's going really well and my teacher are really proud of my work, but that's not the truth. 

It's not as dramatic as it may sound though. It's just that what I make doesn't seem to speak to them. And when I get feedback on my work I often don't understand what I exactly did wrong or I just disagree with their criticism (in silence though). I don't think I said this on my blog before but I got T-V for my first rating. It means just below adequate and it sucks to get told you work is not good enough at your first rating.

So I decided to work harder for the second period. I spend more time on my homework and I have to say I worked really hard for last weeks project. I was trying for at least a V-G (between adequate and good). My fellow students were quite impressed by my work. The teacher wasn't though. She didn't say a nice thing about it, she didn't acknowledge  any of the things I had hidden in my drawings. I just didn't seem fair. I worked on it for at least nine hours that week. I cried after I got home...

Basicly she told me I don't have enough segustion in my drawings. I have to say everything is quite clear and she is probably right, but I get a feeling that maybe I don't belong in art school. I want to tell stories with my work and I don't want to be just artistic. 

I'm having my second rating this saturday and I'm really nervous. I want to do well so badly. I just want to show what I'm capable of, but maybe it's just not what they're looking for.

I know that people always tell you to follow your dreams and never give up, but I'm just not sure right now. Maybe this just isn't the right place for me. I mean I'm 16 and those people have a degree and stuff. Who am I to tell them they're wrong.

I will always keep drawing, it's not like I won't enjoy that any more when some artyfarties tell me my work isn't good enough. It just means I should look for something else to study. Which is fine. I just don't know what yet. 

Now that I broke the ice on this topic I'm not afraid to tell you the outcome of my rating. I'll update you than. For now I am just going to try my best at the latest assignment of this period. I still want that V-G :)

Do you have any experience with situations or feelings like this? Let me know in the comments or on social media.

Chrizzl

HKU open dag

Hello Happy People of the World!

Last saturday I went to the open house in the HKU, the school were I do the pre-schooling. I looked around for a bit and bumped into some cool creations which I would like to share with you today :)

I just wanted to make clear that I made none of the following creations. All the credit goes to the creators, I am not trying to take credit for their work. 

Enjoy!

What is art?

Hey there Happy People!

I think most of you know this drawing. Some of you might have found my blog because of it. And I wanted to talk about it a little more because it brought up some thoughts by me.

HKU week 9

 Helleuw Happy People of the World!

I am quickly typing this this blogthingy, because there's some other stuff that needs to be done for tonight so yeah, have fun reading and watching! 

HKU week 6 & 7: spaceing charcoal

Hello Happy People of the World!

I wanted to do my artschool assingments in order, but I just don't have enough time to catch everything up. So this is what I did yesterday. The pictures are taken with my phone, so they may not be the best quality.

How I draw: portrait shading

Hello Happy person!

I thought it would be nice to show you more than only the final result of a drawing. That’s why I made picture’s in between different stages of my drawing of Troye Sivan while I was finishing it (See previous blog post).

I have some drawing tips you can use that worked for me, so this is not really a ‘How to’, but more a ‘How I’ ;)

These are the contours I started with.

This is the first shading layer. I drew the shading layer with a HB-pencil. The layers tend to get coarse or too dark really quick when you use softer pencils.

Here are the first darker parts applied. It helps enormously if you make the darker parts seriously dark. That way your drawing will become more realistic. For this I use  a black pencil and 6B-pencils.

If you want to make your drawing look really realistic, you have to dare to show imperfections, like bags under the eyes or a spot on the skin or a big nose. You will see that when you don’t leave out those characteristic features, your drawing will eventually look more like the person you’re trying to draw. :)

At this point I thought that it looked more like Miley Cyrus, what do you think?

And that’s the final result! I‘m not totally satisfied with it, but if I have to wait for that, this little article will never be online :p

I hope you liked to see this and I hope to see you here again soon!

Chrizzl

P.S. I also have Tumblr now. It will become more like my international page, that’s why it’s in English. If you have Tumblr too, you can follow me at:
chrizzeltje.tumblr.com

Tekentrucje en korte update

Hallo Blij persoon,

Zoals je gemerkt heb ben ik weer wat minder actief op mijn blog, wat puur is omdat ik niet genoeg tijd heb om naast al mijn school- en HKU-werk ook nog mijn blog elke keer bij te werken. Ik heb gisteren mijn eerste beoordeling gehad, waar ik heel graag van alles over wil vertellen, maar dat moet voorlopig nog even wachten. 

Om toch nog iets online te zetten, wou ik je gaan vertellen over een nieuwe techniek die ik nu gebruik om mensen na te tekenen. Deze tekening hoort in de serie van Youtubers ;) (Dit is Troye Sivan)
Alles wat je nodig hebt is internet verbinding, paint of een ander foto bewerkingsprogramma en natuurlijk je tekenspullen.