New CheapTablet, Book, and Tablet Case Arrived

My New Stuff Arrived, Yay!

I LOVE Getting boxes from Amazon.  I was so looking forward to this one, and it came so quickly!

There were lots of great things inside!

Like my new super cheap tablet, a Dragon Touch Max 10 ten inch tablet, which I plan to use to watch Youtube Tutorials and read Kindle books about art while using my art tablet.

And this cool book by Mark Kistler, called "You Can Draw in 30 Days".  He has a very nice writing style, and is super encouraging and warm.

My new tablet case also arrived. It's big enough to hold both the drawing tablet and the new Dragon Max 10 tablet, plus the cords and pens and anti static glove. I'm really impressed with it, although I wish it was thicker and more sturdy.  It's fine for using in the house but I'd be worried to take this out and about.

Here are all of the goodies, back in the box :-). 

The tablet works great, considering it was so cheap, and it's nice and big so I can more easily follow along with the tutorials than I could on my little phone. 

I'm very happy with it, and as an added bonus, I can use it to follow recipes in the kitchen, and for video chatting with friends.  I'm very happy with it, considering it was only $229.00 Canadian, with a 30 dollars off coupon that brought it down to just below 200 bucks.  The battery life is great too.  The only bad thing about it is that it's not bright enough for outside use in bright sunlight. It's perfect for indoors though.

Obsessed with Tablets and Bought ANOTHER New one

 I thought I was done with art practice for today but...

...I decided to try another Youtube Tutorial...one showing how to draw heads.

This is wobbly and I think the eyes are too high, but I'm happy with how much I learned.  It's not easy, learning how to use the drawing tablet, the art software, AND learning how to draw all at once, lol, but I'm having such a blast with this. 

They kind of remind me of Shaggy from Scooby Doo...maybe they are his cousins, lol.

I want to try again right now and lower the eyes and do red hair for the Weasley twins, lol, but it's almost 2 AM and I'm exhausted. 

I watched hours worth of art tutorials again today, but this is the one I tried to follow: How to Draw Simple Faces by Marc Brunet

It's a good tutorial but a bit hard to follow because he kept flipping his work sideways without telling us or warning us that he was going to do it and I didn't always notice and kept drawing on the wrong head, lol.  

To be fair, I was watching on a tiny screen that I could barely see.  It annoyed me so much that I ordered a cheap but large tablet off Amazon.  My old tablet won't work any more, and my phone is just too small.  My drawing tablet requires my computer to work.  If I had to do it all over again I think I'd just get an ipad pro instead of having to deal with so many different screens. They're super expensive though, and I couldn't justify it since I'm not an artist, just a beginner who is having fun learning.  

I was going to buy a new tablet eventually so my Dad can look at recipes.  I'm too scared to let him use my good gaming laptop near ingredients, lol.  

I ordered the Dragon Touch Max 10 Tablet.  It was only $229.00 Canadian including the protective cover, and I had a $30 dollars off coupon so it just came to $203.00 Canadian including tax, with free shipping.  

It runs Android 10, and at 10 inches it will be much easier to watch Youtube tutorials than on my little phone.  

It's kind of a pain in the butt that to draw I'll need my drawing tablet, my laptop, and also this extra tablet to watch videos while I draw, lol, but once I learn what I'm doing I won't need to watch videos.  Plus, I don't need paper or paint or pencils or markers, etc.  Plus, it's fun and I LOVE tech.