Balloon Artwork

By Patricia Bunnell

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I get asked by balloon twisters for information on how to draw artwork a lot. This is my basic artwork... It includes eyes, noses, mouths and a few extras to make your balloons go from ordinary to extraordinary! I love to doodle when Im on hold on the telephone, or waiting somewhere. Sometimes I draw while watching TV. These drawings depict my most BASIC artwork. I use my it when Im twisting at restaurants or when doing line work. Sometimes (rarely) when I have a short line I can add extra details like highlights in the eyes, give the creation color in the iris, red lips or blush on the cheeks, face and ears. I will NOT be showing you how to draw copyrighted artworks from published animations. First thing I want to tell you is that I made these drawings using a program on my computer. Drawing them freehand, on a balloon gets very different results! I would love to have you think Im an expert at drawing but it would be unfair to you. The artwork...on my balloons are FAR from perfect! I cant get everything the exact same size or height as hard as I try! Im going to request that you use a 360 white or blush balloon so you get used to drawing on them instead of using paper. When you get ready to take pictures of your work for your website, balloon forums, delivery pieces, etc.You will want the artwork to be polished and professional. I will describe a few ways that will help you accomplish this.

I use 99% rubbing alcohol to remove permanent marker on the balloon if it needs adjusting. I use the cheapest powdered blush I can for adding cheeks and color to my balloons. Try a dollar store. I prefer the color to be the
darkest pink I can nd (if you can nd a red blush that is great, but hard to nd or expensive). Its strange... but blush will stain on a balloon but eye shadow will not. I get my inspiration for drawing from books, TV, internet... But mostly from experimenting. Have fun! Patricia

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Oval Eyes

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1. Using a marker start by making an oval.

2. Next to the oval make another one but smaller. Try to keep it within the same margins as the rst.

3. Slowly ll in the smaller oval making it larger. Constantly compare it to the rst oval. Compare height, shape and size. Its easier to get them the same if you go slow. 4. Stop when they are the same height, size and shape.

5. Fill in the rst oval, being careful to not go outside of the original margins.You should have 2 ovals fairly similar (its impossible to make them perfect.)

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66 Eyes
Cane Shape

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5. To add detail, draw two ovals that are the same size. Make an elongated arch that looks like a cane.

6. Arches that are drawn going the same direction make the eyes look left and right (in this example the eyes are looking to your right). 7. When the arches are drawn going in the opposite directions the eyes appear to be looking straight ahead. 8. For female eyes draw a couple of curved lines, one a little larger than the other to create eyelashes. Two eyelashes seems to be the perfect number and its fast. 9. Notice how the placement of the eyelashes give the eyes a different expression.

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11. One day when I was making a pair of 66 eyes my marker missed the oval. It made a brand new eye shape that I instantly became a favorite! Add eyebrows and/ or eyelashes.

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12. Starting at 10 oclock, draw an oval shape in a clockwise direction but stop at 9 oclock. Draw a straight line from both 9 and 10 oclock to the center of the oval. 13. Fill in the ovals leaving the wedge plain. 14.You can add the canes to the eyes if desired... Experiment and add eyelashes!

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15. Use a white paint marker and add dots inside the eyes. I prefer a brand called Edding 750. I order them on the internet.

When adding the dots make sure that they are in the same place on both eyes, i.e. If you put them at 2 oclock on the left eye make sure you do it at 2 oclock on the right.

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16. If you have time you can add color around the pupil; however, it is tricky. Practice makes perfect.

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Noses

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19. I draw two types of noses. The rst is an upside down u. Its cute for little boys or girls up to about 12 years old. After that I make an L shape, more angular for men and more rounded for women.

Mouths

For girl mouths I typically draw 3 little circles with a red permanent marker. Connect the dots on the two sides. Once you ll it in, it becomes a heart! Draw a slightly curved line with a u shape on the top for both sides. IF you do it on one side it changes from a smile to more of a smirk.

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Male Mouth

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21. Drawing a mouth for a male needs to be very simple. They are more angular when compared to a female mouth.

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Draw a half smile. Next draw a slanted u shape for the bottom of its mouth.
then ll above and around it with black.

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Fill in the opening of its mouth with black OR you can draw a red tongue rst and

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