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Watch out, awkward silences.

P.S. I made these up all by myself 😉 you’re welcome

If you had to be renamed based on what you ate for breakfast, what would be your new name?
What’s the first thing that pops into your head when I say “don’t do it!”?
What restaurant have you probably eaten the most at?
What’s a unique skill you have that you wish you could get paid for?
What’s your spirit animal when you’re angry?
Which celebrity do you want to be friends with?
What TV or movie family you think you’d fit in with?
Would you rather fight off 3 toddler-sized adults or one adult-sized toddler?
What’s your fictional dream job? (super spy, superhero, mermaid…)
Would you rather have to act like you just won the lottery every time you saw a vending machine or cry a single tear every time you forget someone’s name?
What time period would you most like to live in and what one thing would you want to bring with you from the present?
If you had to be roommates with a movie villain, who would it be?
If you had to take a bath in a breakfast food, which one would you choose?
If you had to be renamed after a name of a restaurant, which restaurant would you pick?
What song describes your relationship with food?
Would you rather be a bird that can swim or a fish that can fly?
Which do you think is the most unnecessary letter in the alphabet?
If you had to trade places with one of your friend’s parents, who would that be?
If you had to dress like one movie or TV character the rest of your life, who would that be?
Which pop star would make the best math tutor and why?
What’s the nicest house you’ve ever been in?
Would you rather have an ugly car, an ugly house, or ugly clothes?
What board game do you wish you could earn money with?
What’s the nerdiest thing you’ve ever done?
What’s the smartest thing you’ve ever done?
What cartoon character describes you when you’re tired?
Weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten that you actually liked?
Which historical figure would you like to have as a sibling?
You’re stuck in the last book you read. What are you doing?
If you could master 3 skills right now, what would they be?
What commercial would you love to be in?
If you had an exercise routine based on the last book you read, how fit would you be?
During a zombie apocalypse, would you rather go to an office supply store or a craft supply store?
If you had to/got to relive a day from last week, which one would you choose?
If you got to scroll through your Instagram feed from 1 year into the future, would you do it?
What book would you love to live in?
If you had to switch lives with one of your grandparents, which one would that be?
Who do you wish could sing you to sleep every night?
What store/restaurant would you rather be the manager of?
You have to spend the next 24 hours on one app. Which one?
If you had to change languages right now, which one would you pick?
What first comes to mind when I say “favorite”?
If you had a superpower based on the last restaurant you ate at, what power would that be?
If you got to talk to your childhood self but only got to share advice using song lyrics, what would you say?
What would your autobiography called?
What movie genre would your life be and what would it be called?
If you had to perform a commercial jingle in front of a live audience, which one would you choose?
What would you choose as the theme song for a sitcom based on your year?

That’s all for now, folks! Let me know if you’d like more, there’s a lot where that came from! Thanks for reading!

I’ve tried lots of mediums, but not charcoal yet. I’ve been wanting to take a wack at it, but I just never have until this week. My art teacher supplied me with all different kinds of charcoal sticks, pencils, and paper. I got to experiment with all that, and I rather like what I came up with.

But first, who is this Eleanor Calder girl? She’s most known as the girlfriend of Louis Tomlinson from One Direction, but she really is just an average, extremely beautiful girl who goes to the University at Manchester. She is considered by many as a fashion icon. She’s even got a fanbase. Her fans call themselves “Calderics”. Plus, the girl is just so sassy when people send her hate. She has more than 3.7 million followers on Twitter, and has been ranked 27th on a list of influential British Twitter users.

Anyway, she’s just one of those people that I really wanted to draw.

See, that’s the thing about artists. Some of us can be kinda creepy. We see someone’s picture, or even just a stranger eating lunch, and think, “Wow, I wanna draw your face.” This may or may not involve staring for a weird amount of time, or in my case with Eleanor, looking her up on Pinterest. I just like certain people’s faces, okay?

Well, I was commenting on one of El’s pictures on Pinterest (I pretty much live on Pinterest, just to let you know), and guess what? She responded! I was kinda fangirling.

So, yeah. But what’s that got to do with charcoal? And why would I ask her that question? Okay, knowing what someone’s favorite Disney Princess is a very important piece of information for me.

After we talked about Disney Princesses, other fans started telling her she looks like Belle. She agreed, saying, “I’m Bell, but shhhh, is a secret! Xx”. So that kinda got me thinking to make a Beauty and the Beast-inspired drawing using her face.

So what I like about charcoal is that it’s really forgiving. I pretty much just went crazy with a charcoal stick and spread it around the paper pad my art teacher gave me. I made sure to leave a light spot where the girl’s face would be.

And next, I added in more detail. I wanted to make sure her face was perfect before I got started on the rest of her.

And then I added a book. In the picture of Eleanor that kinda inspired me, she was holding her phone and taking a picture. But I decided to put a book in her hands instead.

Again, charcoal is so forgiving. Just get a gum eraser, and it lifts most of the charcoal off the paper. Any lines you made that you don’t want, you can just smudge into the background. As you can see, I was very rough with the sketching, but was a lot more detailed as I went in to refine the drawing. Just take it by layers, adding in more and more detail as you go.

There’s my desk (I just cleaned my room, so I can actually SEE my desk, woohoo!!!) and my plush pencil that my sister made for me. Isn’t it cute? And then there’s me in a shirt I refashioned (by the way, if you want to see me refashion something, comment below!) And there’s my messy hand. Charcoal is VERY messy, but I like that. That’s just a little of how messy you can get your hand.

Tip: Have a wet paper towel nearby to wipe your fingers on. But don’t get your paper wet!

And.. vwala!!!! (Is that how you spell it?)

Now, I didn’t try to copy El exactly, she was just an inspiration, and I kinda just liked her facial expression. But I love how it turned out. I’m working on a portfolio for college, so I can’t do any copyright things. The rule is to change a picture %30 I think, so I can’t really do fanart. So this is kinda my way of doing it, I guess? Anyway, I absolutely LOVE charcoal now and intend to use it a lot in the future.

Hope you like it!

Let me know in the comments below, what celebrities do you like drawing? Anyone’s faces capture your attention?

Tag: girlfriend

My First Charcoal Attempt inspired by Eleanor Calder!