Welcome to the letter D in the A to Z Challenge for 2018. Each day during April I am taking you through the alphabet at Michaels Arts and Crafts store. Today, D is for Drawing.
Michaels has a great section with all kinds of tools for drawing, from books for the beginner to the specialty pencils, pens and markers,
drawing pads and sketchbooks, both regular and watercolor,
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charcoal bits and pencils,
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and more detailed books about art and drawing.
There are tons of various sizes and kinds of canvas too, if you want to draw on a larger scale or turn your drawing into a painting.
I’ve never thought that I could draw, but truthfully I don’t think I’ve tried any drawing since I was in high school. Maybe I should give it a shot.
How about you? Draw much? What tools do you like to use?
Make sure to stop by some of the other A to Z bloggers. Lots of interesting stuff going on right now!
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I am really good at drawing stick-people, that’s about the extent of my talents! :-)) However I do enjoy drawing mandalas now and then, maybe I should get a new sketchpad to work on some!
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Yes to mandalas! For some reason I don’t think of that immediately as drawing but it certainly is.
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I can easily get lost in the pen and paper area! A Girl can never have enough craft supplies!
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So true! And they keep coming out with new and more delightful things!
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Janet,
As you may recall last year I began sketching again for the first time since my days in high school. I never considered myself an extraordinary talent but I always loved doodling so I picked it and just ran with it. Now, I’m having the time of my life to stretch my boundaries to see what I can and can’t draw. Great subject for the letter ‘D’!
A2Z iPad Art Sketch ‘Dolphin’
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Yes, Cathy. Last year’s sketches were terrific and I’m enjoying your new ones this year. Thanks for showing us that it’s okay to try something we don’t think that we can do!
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I can draw, but hardly ever to my full satisfaction
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Maybe once things calm down here (like when the A to Z is over) I’ll give it a shot.
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I’m can’t draw myself, but my oldest is in Art School and she does amazing illustrations. I’ve gotten her quite a few drawing supplies at Michaels. Weekends In Maine
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Yes, we have a lot of students come in. I try to give them the reminders about the coupons if they don’t show them to me automatically. I love helping the kids out.
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The art and drawing section is great. I get my sketch books and fine tip markers there. I’ve also used some of the very large sketch books as scrapbooks. I love browsing around, and wishing I had it all. 🙂
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I use them as art journals too and have gotten some of the watercolor ones to cut up and use in my card making. Oh to have an unlimited income, right?
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If only we could win a shopping spree! I’d load my basket with all kinds of great things. 🙂
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Me too! Like one of those 5 minute sprees you get to run through the store grabbing things!
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I have no drawing talent, but I have recently gotten into rubber stamping and coloring the images. It’s so relaxing! I wish I had the talent to sketch and have it actually look like something when I’m done, but I am probably better off doing something a little more abstract. Loving this theme, by the way.
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Thanks Dawn. Rubber stamping is fun too and sometimes you can use the stamp as a starting point for your own drawing. Glad you are enjoying the theme.
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I haven’t spent a lot of time in this section but it sure looks thorough! And I thought I had to go to an art store for these.
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And I didn’t even take a picture of the compasses and rulers and such! There are a lot of things there.
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I can hardly draw stick people! My sister got that gene.😉
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That’s how I feel, although I believe there are some people who can make a living drawing stick figures 🙂
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Even my stick people look terrible! 😦
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LOL
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One of the items on my bucket list is to take a drawing class sometime. I know 5-year-olds who can draw better than I can!
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Me too. Wonder why we tell ourselves we can’t do something when all we really need to do is try a bit?
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I don’t draw much these days, but I’m a well-practiced doodler. 🙂 I’ve always liked pencil on sketchpad.
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Yes, doodling is fun. It’s when I have to make it actually look like something that I have a problem.
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Ah, well, we can’t all be good at everything. You make fab paper pages and take fantastic moon shots!
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So glad it’s payday this week. I already got the app so of course I’m going to go see how well it works. Love the info. The husband uses all the sketchpad’s and pens & pencils that an artist needs. Saturday mornings can be very expensive sometimes ❤ Blessings Mz. Janet, loving the theme. You are doing great ❤
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Thanks Patti. I am glad I did a lot of prep work because keeping up with everyone else’s blog is almost a full time job in itself! Loving yours too.
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I can draw but I am out of practice. I like drawing things though. It definitely helps to take art classes.bI took commercial art in school. Here is my D post.
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Like anything, I’m sure some practice and instruction would help. Thanks for stopping by!
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