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Tips, Tricks, Thoughts, and inspiration from across the art spectrum.
Artist Tip 2: Aerial Perspective
If you're fairly new to painting, you may not know what the term aerial perspective means, but we'll guarantee you've seen it. It's what makes things look far away. It's the effect used by realistic painters to create the illusion of great depth in their paintings.
Artist Tip 2: Aerial Perspective
If you're fairly new to painting, you may not know what the term aerial perspective means, but we'll guarantee you've seen it. It's what makes things look far away. It's...
Artist Tip 3: The Order of Attraction
A successful painting is not simply a well-designed depiction of a pleasant subject any more than a successful novel is a grammatically correct description of an interesting event.
Artist Tip 3: The Order of Attraction
A successful painting is not simply a well-designed depiction of a pleasant subject any more than a successful novel is a grammatically correct description of an interesting event.
Artist Tip 4: Getting Figures Into Shape
The mere mention of getting our figures into shape makes us all a little nervous; we know we should watch our diet and get more exercise. But getting your figure into shape is exactly what you have to do if you're a figure painter and you want to effectively design your painting.
Artist Tip 4: Getting Figures Into Shape
The mere mention of getting our figures into shape makes us all a little nervous; we know we should watch our diet and get more exercise. But getting your figure...
Artist Tip 5: This Old Barn
Read along as Artist Chuck McLachlan shares a tutorial on how he paints one of his favorite old barns in watercolor, working from photo to sketch before adding watercolor. Great for watercolor artists who aspire to loosen up and paint something fresh! "I've painted this old barn many times, each time for a different reason. It's a simple subject, and I treat it loose and simple." -Chuck McLachlan
Artist Tip 5: This Old Barn
Read along as Artist Chuck McLachlan shares a tutorial on how he paints one of his favorite old barns in watercolor, working from photo to sketch before adding watercolor. Great...
Artist Tip 6: Fear and Courage
The process of painting never seems to go easily and rarely is it fun. We start each painting with great optimism, the highest of hopes, even confidence; and then, more often than not, things seem to go wrong. We find dissatisfaction quickly setting in.
Artist Tip 6: Fear and Courage
The process of painting never seems to go easily and rarely is it fun. We start each painting with great optimism, the highest of hopes, even confidence; and then, more...
Artist Tip 7: Stretching Canvas Onto A Frame Fr...
Assemble frame by fitting together tongue and groove ends of stretcher strips. Check the squareness of the frame by measuring across the diagonal comers so that both are equal. Attach cross bracing if needed.
Artist Tip 7: Stretching Canvas Onto A Frame Fr...
Assemble frame by fitting together tongue and groove ends of stretcher strips. Check the squareness of the frame by measuring across the diagonal comers so that both are equal. Attach...
Artist Tip 8: Some Thoughts on Landscape Painti...
If it's rusty, old, bent, or broken and somewhere out in the countryside, do you have an irresistible urge to paint it? Nothing seems to attract a watercolorist more than a rust bucket, a farm building in disrepair or the old rocking chair on its front porch.
Artist Tip 8: Some Thoughts on Landscape Painti...
If it's rusty, old, bent, or broken and somewhere out in the countryside, do you have an irresistible urge to paint it? Nothing seems to attract a watercolorist more than...
Artist Tip 9: It's All About the Edges
When you are first learning to paint in watercolor, you don't think much about edges. You're mostly concerned with control. You consider the painting a technical triumph when the dark green leaves you're painting don't run into your roses or your trees bleed into your barn
Artist Tip 9: It's All About the Edges
When you are first learning to paint in watercolor, you don't think much about edges. You're mostly concerned with control. You consider the painting a technical triumph when the dark...
Artist Tip 10: Sneaky Darks
Whoever told you that you should "always put your darkest darks next to your lightest lights" should have his (or, maybe, her) teaching certificate revoked. It is true that when you put your darkest darks next to your lightest lights that area will invariably become the focal point of your painting. But
Artist Tip 10: Sneaky Darks
Whoever told you that you should "always put your darkest darks next to your lightest lights" should have his (or, maybe, her) teaching certificate revoked. It is true that when...
Artist Tip 11: Color in Shadows
Most watercolorists seem wonderfully color-oriented when painting the lights in their landscapes. They fill these areas with vibrant and lively color. But when they address the shadow areas, they seem to lose their concern for color and resort to
Artist Tip 11: Color in Shadows
Most watercolorists seem wonderfully color-oriented when painting the lights in their landscapes. They fill these areas with vibrant and lively color. But when they address the shadow areas, they seem...
Artist Tip 12: Adding Metallic Foil
If you're a painter who likes to experiment with or occasionally try new materials, you'll have loads of fun with reflective materials, such as gold leaf and metallic foils.
Artist Tip 12: Adding Metallic Foil
If you're a painter who likes to experiment with or occasionally try new materials, you'll have loads of fun with reflective materials, such as gold leaf and metallic foils.
Artist Tip 13: Value Sketching
The number, shape, proportion, and placement of your lightest values are important considerations when planning a painting. To help make design decisions more easily, try using a medium-gray marker pen to shade all but the lightest areas in your sketch.
Artist Tip 13: Value Sketching
The number, shape, proportion, and placement of your lightest values are important considerations when planning a painting. To help make design decisions more easily, try using a medium-gray marker pen...
