Guest Artist: John Woolley, 5th Grader

Recently I learned about an amazing young artist named John Woolley, a 5th grader who lives in Temecula, CA. He is obviously very passionate about drawing, and has already developed a flair and talent far beyond his young years. I invited him to be my first guest post artist, and below is his description of how he drew his picture titled “Young Tiger”.

To draw this tiger:
1. I used my Rapidograph Pens and large moleskin sketchbook.
2. I started with the bottom part of the tiger first.
3. Then I drew the outline of the body and the head.
4. I had to draw most of the tiger upside down. I would turn it over once in awhile to check the drawing and add some details. I really am not able to draw portraits right side up.
5. I drew the eyes and then started to work around them.

My Flickr site is http://www.flickr.com/photos/backyardjournals/
My website is www.backyardjournals.com
Any questions regarding my art work or anyone wishing to purchase a print of my art work can contact me at Globalvu@aol.com

Thank-you,
John Woolley

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David Hockney Landscape

David Hockney, a contemporary artist living in Los Angeles, created photocollages in the 1980s, compiling a 'complete' picture from a series of individually photographed details. You can get a similar effect using one photo, cutting it up and putting it back together again.
1. I started with a trimmed photo from an old National Geographic magazine. Using scissors, I cut the picture into small square and rectangular sections, taking care to keep them still in order.
2. After I was happy that I had a good mix of vertical and horizontal squares and rectangles, I glued them to a white paper. Glue sticks work best as they minimize wrinkles. My goal was to keep the shapes somewhat in the same original placement, but all overlapping each other and rotating a bit.

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Hundertwasser Landscape

I was inspired by one of Friedensreich Hundertwasser’s paintings to make this abstract landscape.

1. I cut a wavy rectangular shape of green tissue, large enough to cover the bottom 2/3 of the paper. A 50/50 mixture of water and glue was brushed under and over it to attach it to the paper.
2. I cut a bunch of round blue circles, and also glued them to the paper, overlapping a bit at times.
3. After the glue was dry, I used Sharpie markers to draw the tree trunks and lots of organic lines.
4. The sky was filled in with watercolor pencils, and then painted with water.

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