Month: September 2019

Drawing games for kids are very popular in general but are also a good choice for travel. Parents find that providing some kind of game or toy to take along serves many purposes besides just entertainment. These products can help distract wee ones that have anxiety about flying or to keep bored teens out of that -pout- stage. Some toys fill educational needs while others promote creativity. The best ones will do a little of both.

What to look for in kid’s products like these

There are two main things to consider when looking for this kind of product. It needs to be fun or it won’t be used. It also has to be easy to take along.

The fun aspect means it needs to be entertaining but it also has to be age-appropriate. A child should be challenged a little because if it is too easy, it will be boring at some point. It can’t be too difficult either as the child may give up in frustration. When possible, it can be a good idea to find a product that reflects the child’s interests. There are ones that feature robots, dinosaurs, animals, dolls, cars and other things that might appeal to kids.

Products need to be easy to pack. This usually means compact and with a minimum of parts or components. No one wants to hunt down parts that roll away on the airplane or that make the rest of the game unusable if these go missing. These items should not be messy to use or stain clothing or furnishings when used. If there is a product that needs batteries, is this something that is provided when the item if purchased or will the parents have to remember to buy some?

Where to find these products

Products like these can be found from many sources. Some parents will opt to look at larger toy stores for items. These vendors usually have some different options but may not have a full selection. These stores may also not have products appropriate for all age groups.

Online vendors can sometimes be a better choice. There are companies that specialize in travel toys and carry a full line of choices. Parents will find travel toys and games for age groups starting with toddlers on up to teens. These can be strictly selected for fun but most have some kind of educational aspect. The best toys may come packed in a set in an easy-to-pack carrying case.

Tons of people pretty much every day are trying to come up with tips on how to learn to really draw a car. So what is it that’s so hard and how can you find out how to draw a car properly and make it look real? I’ll be furnishing you with some tips I’ve learnt that one can apply to your drawings and hopefully create a car that seems as if it’ll drive right off your paper!

Most car drawings that I’ve observed show me that folks lack a couple of key things when attempting to draw a car. One of them is patience. It is always obvious when someone only has spent a half-hour on a drawing that they’ve tried to compose on their own.

Drawing a car and making it look real is hard enough without having to make up every detail of your drawing. I suggest beginning drawing from a reference picture. You actually can trace right over pictures if you’d like, but this won’t help you much ultimately. You must train your brain to perceive lines and tones and be able to apply them to your drawings.

It’s a bright, colorful world…or is it?

One great tip that I use when I have trouble deciding what my drawing may need to look like is removing the color. Whenever you remove all of the color of a car photo, you’re just left with the grayscale tones that you need to replicate as part of your drawing. This makes it easier to visualize what you should do to make your car look real and accurate.

When you are doing this, observe the way the light plays on different surfaces of the car. Do you find it shiny and metallic? Dull and rubbery? What makes it look different on a photo and how would you think you can represent that with pencil and paper? Obtaining a firm understanding of this process will allow you not only learn how to draw a car very well, but also you’ll be able to draw anything you want. Great artists have become great through practice and observation. You can do the same.

Don’t go full tilt!

One thing I notice in a lot of aspiring artists and something that I was also doing is the tilting of your head. This may not seem like much but when you tilt your head, without noticing it, you are effectively offsetting the position of your drawing and you will end up with a car that slants to the left or right. To prevent this stop every couple of minutes, stand back and look at your drawing from a different view point. Ensure everything that should be horizontal is and that it isn’t leaning one way or another.

If you’re sick of your drawings looking sloppy and unrealistic and you want to learn how to draw a car the way the pros do, practice the above helpful tips and you’ll improve pretty quickly. You may also benefit from How To Draw Cars Fast and Easy.