You don't need fancy tools, you can
use what you are comfortable with
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3. create
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When making professional art make sure to practice techniques and
the elements of art or the principles of art.
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or don't.
its your art
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How to build your skills
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draw in a sketchbook every chance you get, even if its
only a 5 minuets sketch a day
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draw studies and practice.
jot down your ideas
try not to spend too much time on perfecting one drawing
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learn techniques from a class or video tutorial about the medium you want to
learn. ex oil paint or watercolor paint
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classes in high school are great for learning the basics
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video tutorials are a great alternative to classes if they're not
available in your area or you can't afford to pay for one
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learn about the elements of art
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shapes, color, form, space, lines, texture and value
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shapes
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geometrical or organic shapes are used in art and is two-dimensional
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color
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made up of three properties: hue, value, and intensity
hue is the name of color
value is how light or dark it is
intensity is how strong/bright it is
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form
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similar to shapes except its three dimensional
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space
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there is positive space and negative space
they are used to show depth
positive space being the subject and negative
being the space around the subject
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texture
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lines
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defined by a point moving in space. line may be two
or three dimension, descriptive, implied or abstract
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value
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refers to how light or dark something is.
personally i think this is the most important one because it can make or break art