Eve Waters Braid #2

Eve Waters
Hairstyle #2
Jan 25th





Hello Bloggers! Last time I showed you the basic 1 french braid down the back with my model Austin. Today I wanted to spice it up a little and show 2 dutch braids. I am still using the book "The Braid" By Sarah Hiscox and Willa Burton. On page 24 the braid is called "Naomi" . The author shows the amazingly easy ways to keep it simple and cute. I had Austin be my model to show what it would look on a girl with not super thick hair nor thin. So it was perfect to show anyone could try this on themselves. I used to not be a comfortable braider but now I have lots of confidence just from at least giving some of them at least a shot. Hope you enjoy and try this at home!


My first step was gather all my materials for the braid, such as a comb and hair ties. Next I parted her hair at a slanted direction so it is not a middle part.


Next you start on one side of your head the dutch braid. The goal is to keep the braid tight and sticking to the head so it wont come undone if you decide to sleep with them in. KEY: You aren't french braiding like you would go over, over under... You will start by going UNDER over (repeat). You want the braid to be popping out of your head sort of to make sure it looks visible.
    

Continue on with under over until you reach the end of the ponytail and tie the hair tie on the end to insure it will not come undone. That is when you know that you are on the right track and have another braid left to go! Half way done!!

Continue on to do the next braid the same way as you did the first.

This is the finished product of what the hair should look like when you are done. Tight to the head and not to lose around the edges of her head.

 


This is what the book showed as the Naomi as an example.



Hope you like the braids and keep viewing them!! Thank you for taking time to read this! Any braid requests next? Should I try cornrows? I think its time for a challenge. See you soon!!

Braid #1- French Braid done by Eve Waters

Hey everyone! My name is Eve if you didn't know and this is my first blog post for my Q2 IRP book. The book I chose to do is "The Braid" By: Sarah Hiscox & Willa Burton (of the Braid Bar). I chose this book because of how much braiding interests me and how I can easily improve if I practice on harder braids every single time. For my blog I have decided to show the braids that are more complex and the fun braids for everyone to learn how to do or at least get an idea on what it should look like in the end. My first braid I chose to do a French braid on Austin, because of how many braids base off of this particular one and how enjoyable it can be to wear a basic easy braid.

The first step (pic shown below) is to grab 3 strands of hair starting in the middle of your head.

You then should go over- under- over or sometimes like myself I like to start going under-over-under. There is not a difference of how the braid will turn out I just believe that the under-over is tighter. (pic below)


You then keep going under-over-under and make sure you keep tightening the braid so the braid is not lose. Your goal is to keep it tight along the head you are braiding. (picture below)



As you keep going once you reach the end of the head then make sure to have a hair tie near so you can tie the ends of you hair.



That is how you do a French braid and it will be most helpful for the more braids coming! Thank you for reading my post!! Any requests for a certain braid type?

Origami

origami 

1. Welcome to my blog! Here we will be learning a few simple, detailed Origami folds, origami is a Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures. I have enjoyed doing origami since I was a little girl, it helps take my mind off things, but I really didn't know how to do any harder ones so I wanted to learn and get better. The book I used for this is called “Essential book of Origami” by Michael G. LaFosse, this is the a very basic form of origami that is very easy to follow, through the book Michael starts off with simple origami that leads into harder ones.

   The first thing we are going to make is called a ninja star, this consist of many folds of same sizes paper. This can be a little challenging in the beginning and may take a few tries to get, (it took me a couple times to get it good) you can make then any size and color, but I would start with a medium size going too small or too large can be more difficult. I will be making them out of origami paper (if this is too hard, use sticky notes to start off with they keep their forms and stick to each other)

   1.     Start off with two pieces of paper, you can use two of the same, but two different colors will be much easier to see and follow the folds

   2.     Fold them in half (hot-dog style)

   3.     Fold both halves of each paper to meet into the center of the crease, this is called a cupboard fold

   4.     Now fold each paper in half along the vertical axis

   5.     Fold in half along the horizontal axis

   6.     Now fold the corners over into the middle with both pieces of paper

   7.     Now make a fold through the center

   8.     After this is done to both rotate one 90 degrees and place them on top of each other so they are perpendicular

   9.     This is where is can get tricky fold the vertical one into the horizontal one, if you have the correct folds you will have a little pocket to stick them in

   10.  Flip the star over and do the same thing, stick the little piece into the opposite color and your ninja star should be done!

    
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1. What would you do differently than the book? 

Extreme Sports Drawing - Formula One Powerboat

For my second attempt at drawing something out of my Extreme Sports Drawing book, I decided to draw a Formula One Powerboat. Power-boating is a lot like F1 car racing, which is what I drew in my last post. Powerboats can reach speeds up to 100 miles per hour in about four seconds. Doing this drawing was fun for me but also challenging. The powerboat had a lot more detail then the formula one car did.

 This picture is from after I had finished all the lines and sharpie'd it. The book's instructions on how to get to this point were a lot like the ones for the formula one car. The first step was, "Start with a stick figure frame of the powerboat, as shown." (AV2 12) This step is the authors way of trying to simplify the drawing as much as possible by making you draw simple shapes to start with. Step 5, "In this step, draw the hull on both side of the powerboat." (AV2 13) was the toughest step for me. This was a tough step because I had to precisely draw many lines within two small ovals while trying to keep a 3D look to the drawing.

The top picture the final product of my drawing and the bottom is what is supposed to look like. I do not think that this drawing is as good as my previous drawing. This was more tough for me then the last drawing because it was a lot more detailed. I also decided to color with crayons instead of colored pencils just to compare which one makes the drawing look better. I think that the crayons gave it a unique look. 

Even though this drawing was not as good as my last, I believe that I have still improved my drawing skills because I now have more experience with detailed drawings. What should I draw next? A Moto X Bike or a Rally Car? Do you think my drawing skills are improving? Should I color with crayons or colored pencils? Thank you for reading and please leave feedback. 

Kyler Jergenson - Extreme Sports Drawing

Hi, I am Kyler Jergenson and I am doing my quarter 2 IRP blog on Extreme Sports Drawing. This seemed very fit for me to do because I am really bad at drawing and I have loved extreme sports since the age of 6. Instead of being miserable during this entire quarter doing this project I thought that I could actually use this project as a time to get better at drawing.

The book that I have chosen to use for my project is "Learn to Draw: Extreme Sports" by AV2. The book begins by trying to simplify drawing for beginners like me. The book states, "Drawing is easier than you think. Look around you. The world is made of shapes and lines. By combining simple shapes and lines, anything can be drawn." (AV2 4) The first thing to draw in the book is a Formula One Race Car so I started with that. On the pages introducing the formula one car there are descriptions of the car, "An F1 car has wings on both its front and back ends." (AV2 6) These descriptions really helped me visualize what I needed to be drawing.

First, I started out simply with a stick figure frame of the car, as the book told me to do. "Start with a stick figure frame of the car. Use lines for the body and circles for the tires." (AV2 8)

Second, I filled in the details as the book told me to do. "Add details to the car, as shown." (AV2 9)

Lastly, I colored my drawing to look like the one displayed in the book. Shown below is my drawing (Top) and the final product shown in the book (Bottom)

So far, this book has simplified drawing for me very effectively and allowed me to draw something that looks somewhat like the example.

What do you guys think? Will I be able to improve my drawing skills with the help of this book? Is there anything that I should look to improve in my next drawing? What should I draw next, a Formula One Powerboat or a Moto X Bike? Thank you for reading and please leave feedback.