{"id":8146,"date":"2018-02-11T21:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-11T10:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/?p=8146"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:41:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T07:41:24","slug":"draw-stick-figure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/draw-stick-figure\/","title":{"rendered":"For those who can only draw a stick figure &#8211; there&#8217;s hope!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Busting the stick figure myth<\/h1>\n<p>Have you ever complained or jokingly expressed an inability to draw, even a stick figure?\u00a0\u00a0I know a lot of people who have.\u00a0 In fact, if I had a dollar for every time someone said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t even draw a stick figure&#8221;, I&#8217;d be an extra weekly almond cappuccino in a local coffee richer!\u00a0 Maybe even a gluten-free\u00a0muffin too!<\/p>\n<p>This creative deficit statement is a lie.\u00a0\u00a0If this is you, please don&#8217;t miss the joy of drawing by believing a silly fallacy.<\/p>\n<p>Most people who confess stick figure talent, secretly wish they could draw.<\/p>\n<p>If this is you or someone you know, I have GREAT news for you!\u00a0 You CAN draw.\u00a0 In fact,\u00a0I bet you could smash that silly stick figure fallacy TODAY.\u00a0 And after watching only one video tutorial.\u00a0 I would LOVE to empower you with a short FREE video lesson embedded below.\u00a0 This could be all it takes to get you on the road to drawing real subjects.\u00a0 I want this win for you!<\/p>\n<p>And when you do, look at some of the wonderful things you can apply drawing to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Scribble down illustrated ideas<\/li>\n<li>Creative journaling<\/li>\n<li>Sketch with your kids or grandkids<\/li>\n<li>Design\u00a0images or draw shapes on your crafty project.<\/li>\n<li>Or even start down the road to being a professional artist!\u00a0 It is never too late to start and EVERYONE starts at the beginning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drawing is easier than some may think.\u00a0 So check out this first video in my Drawing on Furniture Series.\u00a0\u00a0And please subscribe, like, share. pin or post to help your\u00a0wanna-draw friends and loved ones.\u00a0 It will cost you nothing but a click to forward and check it out.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;#drawing #tutorial video #learntodraw #sketch #art #sketching #illustration&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EfUj6P4w7Xs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are live video replays in my Facebook <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2Ap24fO\">VIDEO LIBRARY,\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>collating as I go live or upload things I think may help others learn.<\/p>\n<p>I have also begun to edit and upload shorter speedy versions of my main live events (like this one) to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC9uwlKmWTsFKS5DIJvzz-Tw\">my YouTube channel.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you do surprise yourself (as I believe you will) and you covet even more creative challenges. Keep watching the series as I continue on, inking a coffee table top.\u00a0 This includes topics and tips on gathering reference, shading, blending and more.\u00a0 The series continues each Thursday night at 7:30 live <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PlayfessionalEDU\/\">on my page (PLAYfessionalEDU)<\/a><\/strong> until this VERY elaborate\u00a0table top is completed and sealed.\u00a0 It is suitable for beginners and more advanced creatives alike.<\/p>\n<p>So, I challenge you and your\u00a0friends to try drawing again or watch and enjoy the process.\u00a0\u00a0I pray is inspires and blesses you.<\/p>\n<p>I would love you<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kayleenwest.com.au\/portfolio\/kayleen-west-contact\/\"><em><strong> email me<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to let me know how you go if you will.\u00a0 I&#8217;d be THRILLED if I knew it inspired someone &#8211; truly!\u00a0 I get such a kick out of emails like that.\u00a0 It inspires me not to quit when I spend all day trying to upload a video on a shocking Internet speeds (like today &#8211; MY Sunday &#8211; grrrr) Failing and re-uploading time again-sigh!<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t teach to look good.\u00a0 I&#8217;m forever learning and growing too.\u00a0 I teach to encourage others to enjoy what give me so much joy.<\/p>\n<p>It is better to celebrate creative wins with a tribe of like-minded people than to succeed alone.<\/p>\n<p>Materials used in the inking part of the projects can be found on<a href=\"http:\/\/the https:\/\/wp.me\/P4FVY3-27z\"><strong> MY MATERIAL LISTS PAGE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Busting the stick figure myth Have you ever complained or jokingly expressed an inability to draw, even a stick figure?\u00a0\u00a0I know a lot of people who have.\u00a0 In fact, if I had a dollar for every time someone said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t even draw a stick figure&#8221;, I&#8217;d be an extra weekly almond cappuccino in a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[449,51,445],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-illustration-design","category-3-blog-categories","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>For those who can only draw a stick figure - there&#039;s hope!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Have you ever complained or jokingly stated your inability to draw much more than a stick figure?\u00a0\u00a0If I had a dollar for every time I have heard it I&#039;d be buying an almond cappuccino\u00a0each week from the proceeds! 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