Ewe culture, arts, design

Drawing can be a skill for some people as well as career or livelihood as it holds a lot of value for whoever practices doing it. In fact, drawing is such a useful knowledge for everyone so right from basic school, pupils are taught drawing in a subject known as Creative Arts . Some people from here begin to identify their talents and abilities and so education that encompasses drawing is a crucial step to opening many doors and even getting the populace ready to solve some problems in the society. As the education in drawing progresses from one stage to another, one gets to meet some categories like technical drawing, architectural drawing, still-life drawing among others. In this guide, we will be focusing on building or expanding your knowledge in drawing towards a definite goal which is ILLUSTRATION . For proper grasp of this guide, it will be expedient for you to learn about simple tricks in drawing. As you have gone through the simple tricks in drawing, I believe you are prepared...

Shot on Tecno Pop 1    Street in perspective Diverse tools and equipment in photography are now available to improve the quality of photos and even make it easier to take photos. A proper digital camera can be at times expensive to acquire but there is no need to worry since there are myriad of smart phones capable of helping everyone get nice shots. Referring to smartphone photography here, the focus is on how we are able to use the mobile devices at our reach to capture images to tell different stories to meet their respective purposes. Photography is also a form of art and such a creative field that has some elements of art in it and knowledge of these elements is a key step to enhancing the look of your photos regardless of the devices used. In no particular order, here are some of the elements of art in Photography to be dealt with. Form  Line Texture Pattern Shape Color FORM - In simple terms of definition, photography is the process of capturing scenes on a light ...

Freelancing Many might have come across the word 'FREELANCING ' but not really have the time to research what it really entails. FREELANCING is a term that refers to works that are normally done remotely where the client and the service provider are at distinct locations and the work is being done at a person's own pace. This can sound a little bit weird or unfamiliar but the truth is that has come a long way to stay and it continues to grow larger every day. In further deliberations, many people are now working full-time or part-time providing services to whoever requests some and after which the freelancers are given their due. Freelancing features a wide range of services like writing or freelance writing, illustration, animation, photography, web designing, programming, transcription, document editing, bookkeeping, and language translation among many others. I believe some of these terms should be explained a little to help you the reader get acquainted with them. You...

Education series A person who is a student at all levels of education can be successful in his or her educational pursuit only if certain requirements are fully met. Many are mostly deprived of very important necessities as students and largely give up their dreams because the road to getting hold of the dreams seems so rough and life-threatening. My own experience and those I witnessed of others have made me learn and adopt measures to improve academic concentration. Globally, it has been researched and it is always said that knowledge deficiency is one of the major causes of poverty. Now, how does knowledge deficiency affect the economic lives of people such that their way of life becomes determined by it? Knowledge is such an important asset that without it a person acts in ignorance and easily becomes a victim of many painful life experiences.      In fact, this article seeks to be an eye-opener to you so that you as a student can make well-informed decisions and als...

Percentage of the black fruits out of the total is 33.333333333% Percentages are used in a lot of daily activities and so students from young age are thought to have knowledge of it. Everyday activities involve some kind of calculation in one way or the other and likewise do fractions and percentages. Before we move to understanding how to find percentages, an understanding of fractions is an important knowledge that will be made use of. FRACTION : Fraction is normally regarded as part of a whole. For instance, an orange is a whole. WHOLE in the sense that it is its original state or form and no part of it has been taken away but when a part is taken off, then the part becomes a fraction of the whole. NB// Everything whole has a fraction of 1/1 which is 1 or 100%. Let’s go further with an illustration of a paper. 1 sheet of paper: Divided into 4 parts                      ...

Red ants surround a breadcrumb as they gather it for storage Humans, as we are, must be attentive and observant since a lot of things going on around us and some even go unnoticed. I was eating and a cat came around so I gave it a bite of bread but it left it and went away. Within some minutes, from nowhere red ants started coming one by one. What got me thinking was how they knew about the presence of the bread on the floor.    Is it that the ants are fortunate? Comparing the height of ants to that of the bread is a huge difference, but they manage to climb it. Gradually, the size of the breadcrumb started to reduce as the presence of the ants increased because they were coming in troops with no end. Social insects are so amazing that little by little they were taking the bread into their dwelling. A proverb tells us to be wise as an ant that stores its food in times of abundance and when the rainy season comes they have in abundance. It was really a moment that this was wit...

Photography can be daunting and stressful sometimes because creating an enabling environment that relates and makes the shoot pops is not gotten easier. Once I was on a project to take pictures of some wildlife creatures, it was really hard getting the shoot right because I had to look for the creatures I want in the environment where they are. Every wildlife photographer will support the fact that taking photographs of wildlife is a really hectic task and in some instances too, the photographer must camouflage to prevent the animals from escaping. I got something wonderful for you that will create a great shift in your photography endeavors only if you can relate well to what this article provides.   One day, I went to my grandfather who was living alone because he lost his wife and the children too were not staying with him. I went to fetch water for him since he was really old and could no longer do such work himself . To my surprise, there were earthenware bowls under his coc...

Right from infancy, a child begins to play and enjoy playing especially with the mother. Whenever a baby is crying, anyone around has to keep the baby engaged with lullaby or some play. A number of childhood plays and games which every child is likely to have engaged in have been collected and presented in this article. FOOTBALL  Ghana is a hub of many sporting activities like football, beach soccer, and ampe(a local game played normally by women but becomes lovely when played with guys). It is so interesting that people love sports all over the world and in Ghana people love sports as well. Young people mostly enjoy it the most because they have the enthusiastic energy to engage in the game. During the days when not many of these nicely made balls were available, the people played ball and you might be wondering how. There are some fruits like watermelon, mangoes, oranges, and others that are round so in those days, we pluck unripe mangoes, and oranges among other fruits as our ba...