Practice Shading… It Will Transform Your Drawing Skills

July 13, 2011

Imagine… You have placed a glass ball on the table in front of you. What is the most important fact you know about the ball? It is obvious that it is a perfectly round object. But, as an artist, things aren’t quite as simple… how do you draw the glass ball? The simple answer is [...]

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Improve Your Art By Looking At Other Artist’s Paintings

July 10, 2011

When I was young and first started painting, all I wanted to do was paint. I wasn’t interested in what anybody else said and didn’t give a thought to how it could be done. I didn’t care about art history… the only thing I wanted to do was pick up a brush, mix color and [...]

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Is Landscape Art Similar To Figure Painting And Drawing?

July 7, 2011

It might seem strange to state that learning to draw and paint a picture of the human body is similar to landscape art. However, if you take time to think, can you see that they are alike. The human body has skeleton and muscles beneath the skin surface Landscape has the structure of rock strata [...]

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Simple Watercolor Paintings

July 4, 2011
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For Better Drawing And Painting… Take Time To See The Best In Art

July 1, 2011

Recently 2 art critics were talking about how people see beauty. Apparently a man and a woman see beauty in different ways. This is no great surprise… Man being a hunter gatherer can focus upon spatial awareness… they have tunnel vision and focus. Alternately, it is suggested that women look at the world-view and are [...]

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