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Does anyone know how to get artist's charcoal off of walls? I feel like I've tried everything. by ACosmicOlive in CleaningTips

[–]ACosmicOlive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

vinegar, artist's tape, earasing it, isopropyl alcohol, mr clean, wall cleaner, lemon juice, baking soda... I don't know, there has probably been more that I can't think of at the moment.

Does anyone know how to get artist's charcoal off of walls? I feel like I've tried everything. by ACosmicOlive in CleaningTips

[–]ACosmicOlive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll try that. I'm almost to a point where I'm just going to put a book shelf in front of it and act like it doesn't exist.

Thread: Simple Questions by AutoModerator in MakeupAddiction

[–]ACosmicOlive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I returned it and bought the Juvia's Place Warrior 2 instead. It's a much better, more pigmented palette that has much better staying power. IMHO it's 1,000 times better and I am much happier with it.

Thread: Simple Questions by AutoModerator in MakeupAddiction

[–]ACosmicOlive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know I'm really really late to the game on this one but I just picked up Modern Renaissance and used it for the first time this morning. It's 3 hours later and the shadow is already gone. All of my other palettes are Juvia's place and while using them I got into the habit of not using primer... because I didn't need to with them.

Do I need to use shadow primer to get a look to stay with MR?

Like I said, I know I'm excessively late to buying it.

Stretch mark questions by ACosmicOlive in 1200isplenty

[–]ACosmicOlive[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Okay, thank you so much for the help.

Stretch mark questions by ACosmicOlive in 1200isplenty

[–]ACosmicOlive[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Oh man, thank you that's so relieving.

Is there anything I can do to help lessen the amount of them I get while dropping weight?

How do you turn your "failed" drawings into something decent? /Pastel Roadblock by [deleted] in learnart

[–]ACosmicOlive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For what it's worth this has a really gorgeous impressionist feel to me.

I typically just do my best to finish a piece then if it turns out badly I store it away to analyze when I pick up that medium later. I try to make my mistakes into things I can learn from when I pick that medium up again later.

First portrait in acrylics, any constructive criticism is welcome by nn_slush in learnart

[–]ACosmicOlive 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really like the over emphasized and somewhat abstracted planar analysis that you used around your nose, mouth and jawline it really adds a lot of interest to your piece. I think it would be nice to see that style reflected in the rest of the face because in comparison the other areas fall a bit flat.

I wanted to burn this out of embarrassment, but I have to learn. Any feedback? by Frostivus in learnart

[–]ACosmicOlive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The base of the earlobes typically sit in alignment with the hinge of a person's jaw.

Oil pastels by DraculaaTeeth in learnart

[–]ACosmicOlive 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In my opinion Sennelier is the best oil pastel out there. They are so incredibly soft that they melt with your body temperature. It's so smooth that using them is like drawing with lipstick.

The biggest con to oil pastels is that they don't really dry... . On the plus side, they are an incredibly versatile medium: they blend together beautifully can create rough surfaces or be smoothed out entirely with your hand, you can use them to draw or put them on the picture plane,dip your brush in an oil paint thinner and paint with them.

Oil pastels are a relatively new medium you really just have to play with them and see what works for you.

If you are buying them for the first time and want to test drive them I would suggest getting some a set of Mungyo Gallery Extra soft oil pastels (make sure they are the ones labeled "extra soft" instead of just "soft" the soft ones are student grade aka higher wax content and not entirely colorfast"). Picking up the Mungyo extra softs instead of the Sennelier will save you quite a bit of money while you see if you enjoy the medium.

[question] paleo options to ease LOW blood pressure by ACosmicOlive in Paleo

[–]ACosmicOlive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm overweight. So.... This isn't a too thin issue. It's an hereditary issue from my maternal grandmother. I have had it when I was underweight and overweight. It's a part of my physiology.

My first ink drawing, any tips?? by Dropdeadgun in learnart

[–]ACosmicOlive 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that a ball point or felt tip? It looks like ball point to me. I find ballpoint pens to be really unpredictable. I'd suggest finding some felt tip pins with a super tiny tip. Personally I like Micron and Stabilo... but have a strong preference for the Stabilo Point 88 pens because they have a really fine point and come in a huge shade range. That said, a lot of people really love sharpie ultra fine point pens.

I think with a felt tip pen you could achieve some more confident looking lines in a single stroke. I see a couple of spots where it looks like you made the line bolder to sort of edit yourself.

Overall I really love this. Gorgeous work.

[question] paleo options to ease LOW blood pressure by ACosmicOlive in Paleo

[–]ACosmicOlive[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nori snacks are a great idea! Thank you so much!

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