How to learn to be an artist…

by Michael on May 17, 2012

1. Forget about everything you hear about fast ways to draw and paint – There’s so much to learn and part of the excitement is in discovering the unexpected surprises.

2. Learn the basics first – Many of the discoveries you will make are as much about what you are capable of as learning to use the tools and materials of art.

3. When you have learned basic drawing and painting techniques – You have the beginnings of a style that is all your own.

4. Once you master the basics – It is far easier to understand what an art teacher is saying.

5. When you understand what you are being asked to do – It is easier to achieve expected results.

6. From achieving good results – Your confidence grows.

7. Your growing confidence – You produce artwork of increasing quality.

8. By improving quality consistently – This means you work faster.

9. Working faster with confidence, combined with quality – It begins to equal levels of a professional standard

10. Working to a professional standards – You start to get noticed.

11. As you get noticed from your professional approach and standards – This gives you opportunities to exhibit and sell your drawings and paintings.

12. Exhibiting and talking about your Art – Allows the prospect of you becoming sought after.

If you are determined to strengthen you talents with hard work experimentation your reputation will grow. Along with a continuous search for knowledge, the value of your work grows and as it grows your artistic status increases. Once your status is established invitations to talk and demonstrate the way you work.

Okay, for most of us will fall short of superstardom status as artists. There’s no harm in being ambitious but, fortunately, there is nothing to prevent you from just deciding that you want to enjoy drawing and painting. The main thing is…

Being an artist can be what you want it to be

Here are useful links that can turn your love of art into a career as an artist, as one man has done by becoming an Art teacher. Take a look at Paint and Draw – Other Art Resources and you’ll see how Art success can be achieved by someone just like you.

 

Michael Dale is the author of 1 Color Is Best (the quick and easy way to learn to paint watercolor) and 3 Colors Are All You Need (mix any color you want fast using only 3 colors). Visit http://www.Paint-And-Draw.com to find out more.

If you haven’t done so already, why not take a look at this video that features some of Michael Dale’s Simple Watercolor Paintings

 

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How to get started as an artist

by Michael on May 16, 2012

When you sit there wondering if you might have a chance of becoming an artist there comes the time to ask the question…

“Where do I start?”

And the answer is simple…

“You start at the very beginning”

Yes, it sounds pretty obvious but how many times have you heard someone you know say “I want this…”or “I want that…”. Very soon it becomes obvious that they expect to get the benefits immediately. You’ll surely agree that this is unlikely to say the least. 

“Are you the same about learning to become an artist?”

If so, why would you want to miss the fun and excitement of learning something completely new?

There is so much to learn and so much more to know. Even the greatest artists in the history of the world don’t know all there is to know. 

Right up to his last breath you can bet Raphael still had questions to ask. No doubt Picasso was still trying to discover new secrets.

So, if you were asked again…

“Why would you want to learn how to paint fast?”

Would you be quite so keen to miss the excitement of seeing the explosion of color as your watercolor brush touched a piece of wet paper?

Alternatively, wouldn’t you want to see the effect of your palette knife mixing a brand new color by scraping oil paint from a tube and adding it to another color?

And then, are you willing to miss the sense of shock as you see that gleaming white canvas as you stroke the newly created color across with your hog hair brush?

This is only a beginning…

The excitement and anticipation grows each and every time you start a new painting. Imagine beginning a drawing that you expect will be far better than the one you have just finished. 

  • After a week you will see a vast improvement
  • In a month you will know the pencil you hold in your hand as a friend
  • In a year you will already be comfortable and confident in your artistic abilities and not look back.

In 10 years you will be a long standing expert in the Art you happily call your own.

Are you quite so sure you want to miss a single moment as you develop from outright beginner to the artistic equivalent of a butterfly on wing?

For useful links that will help you get started as an artist, including Michael Dale’s The Simple and Easy Way to Learn How To Paint Watercolorstake a look at Paint and Draw – Other Art Resources and you’ll see how Art success can be achieved by someone just like you.

 

Michael Dale is the author of 1 Color Is Best (the quick and easy way to learn to paint watercolor) and 3 Colors Are All You Need (mix any color you want fast using only 3 colors). Visit http://www.Paint-And-Draw.com to find out more.

If you haven’t done so already, why not take a look at this video that features some of Michael Dale’s Simple Watercolor Paintings

 

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How To Paint Landscapes In Oils – A Review

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“You can still get great Art results when things go wrong”

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Recently the English weather made its mark. At a show held at Sledmere Hall in Yorkshire. As often happens it began as a clear blue September day, perfect for the horse drawn wagon driving exhibition. Everything looked set for a good event. I managed to capture the horse teams working the “figure of eight” track [...]

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