Kekoa Paki Arts

By Kekoa Paki

Hello Reader.

Recently, I entered spring break for my final year of high school/at Skagit Valley College (I’m a part of a program which allows me to attend college as a high school student). Thus, I found myself with a lot more time than I used to have, it’s a large part of the reason I’ve started updating this website and… Instagram… more frequently again.

I’ve spent this time creating and stockpiling content to slowly dish out to the people who follow my work, similarly to a mother squirrel burying food to sustain her pups over the long winter.

But before I started any larger projects, I knew there was one thing I had to do, and that was to do some studies of the human head and the planes of the face, my bread and butter as a portrait artist. I like to explore a lot of themes and mediums in my work, but the human form is definitely one of, if not my favorite subject.

It’s important to brush up on the basics of your craft whenever you have a moment or after a hiatus. Artistic skills function a bit like muscles; the more you use them, the stronger they become, but they atrophy if you don’t use them for an extended period. Additionally, if you’ve built up an artistic skill before, it’ll be easier to build again even if it’s atrophied.

Also, if you jump into a large project without practicing the basics beforehand, you may find yourself unable to execute the design you’d planned as well as you’d like to.

That’s why it’s important to practice the basics of your medium frequently. If you have any questions about my artistic process or would like to discuss the topic further, feel free to leave a comment or message me directly

And with that said, thanks for reading this blog post and have a good day.

From,

Kekoa Paki