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I think I’d like to do some kind of like crayons or something thicker like chalk, but not quite those things and I don’t know what they’re called.
Just an aside, but fellas comes from fellows which comes from the old English feolaga which means “one who lays down money in a joint enterprise” making it gender neutral despite contemporary usage.
Perhaps try pastels?
The more you know
Every visual artist needs to learn to sketch, get 2 pencils, 2H and 4B would be my go-to. Standard 80mg copy paper is somewhat lacking, not exactly bad but I don’t like it, even then you don’t need a professional sketchbook, notebooks are pretty good, actually. If you get into paints, don’t repeat my mistake, watercolors are the least forgiving medium Ive tried. Crayons are fine, chalk I have no experience on, you could consider pastels
Bristol board was always my fav
Oilpaint is a pain to use because of all the material, cleaning etc (use water miscible oil paints, with them you swap out solvents for water! Easy to clean too, just use soap, and no toxic fumes!), but as it takes ages to dry, it’s actually very newbie friendly, move that paint around, add in more paint or even scrape a bad part off! And ofc, paint on top of dry paint.
That said, it’s probably the hardest to master.
I started with watercolors because they survived from my primary school times, later bought a semi-professional watercolor set to finally end up with gouache, and I will probably stay with those. I do have acrylics too (I painted with them literally once, image below), but watercolors and gouache are so much more compact in working with and cleaning up, I love that aspect
Nice!
I have tried acrylics and gouache, but man it dries fast 😁!
I have used inks for water color, very popping colors, but oil is something in its own IMO.
Oil WIP:
I gave it a go at crayons some time ago. While I didn’t go very far, I enjoyed the experience!
My total expense to get started was a notebook, a pencil (don’t remember which) and a pack of nice crayons. I then spent some afternoons copying nice photos of the Internet. I had fun and I saw the improvements over a relatively short time! Then life got busy and goodbye :/
you know what’s fun and an easy way to learn painting? water colour pencil crayons (or whatever they’re called where you are) they’re great! basically they’re just like regular pencil crayons except you dip them in water and BOOM you’re painting!
I was always horrible with brushes. I could just never figure them out or get the brush to do what I wanted. I had no clue about which brushes to use or whatever but I really wanted to paint so I got frustrated. then I found these water colour pencil crayons and suddenly I could paint. once I practiced and figured out how to paint and I tried brushes again and I was able to figure it out much quicker.
This sounds right up my alley. Thank you
Alright, but I gotta warn ya that you will need to work hard to get them to show color of any intensity. On the upside that is probably the most possible blending control you can get with physical medium
Conte a Paris is a kind of crayon. Clay and pigment.
They come as sticks or pencil and they’re great!
You can be expressive and stylised:
https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmw3jxH8PD1qlx5jco1_r1_1280.jpg
Or incredibly delicate:
They don’t erase as well as pure graphite or charcoal, but as you begin your journey that’s actually good; you want to learn to make marks very intentionally.
Take pictures on your phone is cheap. Lots to learn about framing, color composition, etc. As long as your phone camera has manual controls
Whittling. Get a decent knife and go for a walk in the forest for some starter material.
It’s pre-paper!
I actually have a little craving set I’ve yet to use. Thank you for the reminder!
You could try acrylic markers, they have a feel like markers, but are also similar to painting with a brush, depending on the kind your get. The only issue would be in texture and color picking, because the palette is limited no matter how many of them you buy, which can be turned into an opportunity to develop creativity, but do it at your own accord. The reason why I’m suggesting them is because they’re easier to use immediately and getting yourself used to drawing/painting on regular basis, plus experimenting with colors and learning to abandon the fear of making mistakes. Also, sorry, I just realized you want something like crayons, in that case pastels are way to go for sure, but just know that you have plenty plentyyyy of mediums and tools to try, don’t limit yourself to just one kind! ;p
Edit: accidentally typed “kicking” instead of “picking”
Thanks everyone that chimed in on this, got some options to look into
Have you considered origami?
You can start very cheaply with scrap paper and free diagrams from internet.To some it might not seem very creative if you don’t design your own models but I like to compare it to music, not all musicians are composers, most are interpreters and some add their own twist to adapt it to their style.
The best example for this is Fumiaki’s Yoda, search images of it, you’ll see how each picture is unique in its own way.Are you talking about pastels? Cray-pas are a fairly reliable brand. Think crayons but a little softer.
But there’s nothing wrong with chalk or crayons tbh. Both are very forgiving in terms of learning curve. You can use both or either at all levels of experience and training to create stuff that can pass muster.
Chalk, however, can be messy and often needs a fixative if you want to keep the end result, so it’s a little more hassle than picking up a box of generic crayons.
As someone else already said, just regular pencils work. There’s a reason that pretty much every form of artist learns to sketch at some point. It’s a fundamental skill in the process of most “genres”, even outside of painting or other 2d art forms. It’s also fun and relaxing once you get the basics under your belt (like shading and blending). You don’t need special stuff either. You can get going with a #2 from anywhere and a used envelope.
Seriously, look at what they use in elementary schools. Crayons, tempera, finger paints and chonky pencils. Low cost, easy to use, easy to clean up, and still capable of more complex work if you want. Any of those will get you rolling
Just in case you’ve ruled it out because of cost, you can get into digital drawing cheaply too, if you have a computer or laptop. You can pick up Wacom drawing tablets for less than £40 in the UK and install something like Krita on Windows and Linux for free.
That’s about all the help I can give though, I’m particularly bad at it, even worse than with paper and a pencil 😅
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