Getting Started with Colored Pencils

Ever wanted to try painting with colored pencils but didn't know how to start? Here's a quick start guide for you.

If you would like to post your comments or ask questions on the wave, join the Artistic Waves group.

Portraits on Wave - Week 2

Week Two of Portraits on Wave has started. Check out the wave for more details:

If you can't view the embedded wave, use this link to access Portraits on Wave.

Join the ArtisticWaves group if you would like to participate in the online class.

Portraits on Wave - Week 1

Portraits on Wave has started and you can view the course work and assignments for week one below:

If you can't view the embedded wave, use this link to access Portraits on Wave.

Join the ArtisticWaves group if you would like to participate in the online class.

Portraits on Wave - Course Outline

Here's the course outline for the 6 week Portraits on Wave session:

• Anatomy of the Human Head
• Proportions of a "Normal" Head
• Striking the Arabesque
• Using Grids
• Lightbox method
• Eyeballing method
• Mastering the Features
• Eyes
• Nose
• Ears
• Mouth
• Hair
• Putting it all together
• Adding Color
• Frontal View vs 3/4 View
• Analyzing your work
• Placement of features
• Values

To access the course, join the ArtisticWaves group and bookmark the Portraits on Wave link.

We use Google Wave to host the discussions. If you are new to Google Wave, please check out this cheatsheet [PDF].

To participate in the class, all you need to know is how to reply/comment on the waves (see page 4 of the cheatsheet) and how to upload your pics.

New Online Class: Portraits on Wave

The votes are in and the winning class is Portraits on Wave!

Class starts on June 14 and ends on July 23 (6 weeks).

Watch the wave embedded below for course outline and other details. If you can't comment on the wave below, check if you are a member of the ArtisticWaves group.

Four More Days to Vote

We opened up the voting lines for our next online class a few days ago and it already looks like "Portraits" are winning.

There are a few more new options that've been added - like life drawing in Topics and digital under medium - so if you haven't voted on these yet, check them out at http://goo.gl/Hezx.

The wave is open to public and all you need to do to participate in the online class is join the ArtisticWaves group.

You can change your votes as many times as you want until June 5. To edit your votes, look for the row titled "Your Vote" right above the totals (at the bottom of the gadget) and click on the boxes over there.

Go ahead - check out the latest votes and log in your preference at http://goo.gl/Hezx.

Quick and Easy Access to ArtisticWaves

The easiest way to access the waves sent to ArtisticWaves is through the ArtisticWaves website where you can access waves under each category.

But what if you wanted to access the waves in your Wave inbox instead of going to the website each time? We have an option for you too :-)

1) Click here to access the Welcome to Artistic Waves wave: 

2) Go to the bottom of the wave and look for this installer and click on the Install button

Once you confirm installation, this will add two options to your wave account:

• A link to all your ArtisticWaves waves under Searches which gives you one-click access to all the waves sent to the ArtisticWaves group

• An option in the New Wave button titled New ArtisticWaves Wave which allows you to create a new wave with the ArtisticWaves group as a participant

Here's what you can expect to see after the installation:

That's all there is to it!

Post a comment or ping me on Wave if you are not able to get this to work :-)