For those of you who refuse to let Nature constrain your drawing habits, we present ...
- Your camera's frozen.
- Bare trees mean more to see!
- Outdoor models tend to move much slower in the cold.
- An hour outside will make your apartment feel very very warm.
- Drawing while sitting in your car makes you look creepy.
- No metal rulers!
- Wear sunglasses. Glare from the snow can kill.
- Learn to switch hands.
- Wear thin polypro liners under wool glove with the fingers cut out. Glue on rubber tips to help grip the pen.
- Materials: graphite is best. Rapidograph or ball point pen should work if the ink keeps flowing. Brush is risky.
- Using a tiny little sketchbook will force you to contain your body parts, thereby conserving heat. Conversely, using a huge pad will force you to move around, thereby creating heat.
- Spread petroleum jelly on your cheeks and nose in high wind conditions.
- Don't mix up your thermos of cocoa with your thermos of ink water!
- Snow leopards.
- Frozen tears.
- Victorian families enjoying Christmas dinner.
- The Majestic Snow Plow.
- Lovers skating, falling through ice.
- Aurora Borealis.
- Yetis, or possibly people dressed as yetis.
3 comments:
heh heh. yetis. snicker.
I love Tips and Tricks! Even though I raised a cartoonist, I never really knew much about the art/craft. The tips and the influence posts are lots of fun and very enlightening!
you guys always make me laugh.
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