BROWSing for Realistic Eyebrows Rob Silverman

BROWSing for Realistic Eyebrows Rob Silverman

by | Mar 23, 2020 | TAG at home

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BROWsing for Realistic Eyebrows 
with Rob Silverman

Eyebrows are not a flat solid dark mark, like painted-on eyebrow makeup

1. BROW RIDGE

Eyebrows are slightly lighter at the upper portion of the brow ridge and darker in the lower, shaded part of the brow ridge.

2. OUTER BROW

Eyebrows lighten as the hairs thin out approaching the outer edges of the brow ridge.

3. SHAPE

Overall shape is not straight across the brow ridge but is more of a checkmark shape.

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About Rob Silverman:

Rob Silverman’s innovative techniques have been featured in American Artist Workshop Magazine and The Art of the Portrait, the official publication of the Portrait Society of America. His work has appeared at Crosby Street Gallery and Spring Studio Gallery in Soho, the Art League of Long Island, Edward Hopper House, The Art Guild of Port Washington, The National Art League, the Lockwood-Mathews Museum, as well as the National Arts Club and Salmagundi Club.

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Painting Glass Tips from Ilene Silberstein

Painting Glass Tips from Ilene Silberstein

by | Mar 20, 2020 | TAG at home

  

Painting Glass 
with Ilene Silberstein

During our Flower Power weekend in February, some of the floral still lifes were set up in glass vases. Many of the attendees had questions about how to paint glass.
Here’s a tip: put some flowers in a glass vase (they do not have to be fresh). You can go outside and grab a few stems of Forsythia and try painting  it with the following thoughts in mind:

HIGHLIGHT

  • Many people put many highlights in glass because they think see light reflected in small sparkles. 
    In reality there is only one highlight. You identify it. And that is what you paint.
  • Highlights are the symbol of a plane change.
  • They have a smudginess that moves across the surface. (It is glass after all)
  • The highlight must travel over the glass

WATER

  • The waterline can have a touch of light, but not as bright as the highlight
  • The waterline is subtle and does not go across the entire glass
  • Above the waterline is a touch lighter than below the waterline where there is water
  • Anything in the water has a soft edge

STEMS

  • Stems are split between the top and bottom waterline
  • Anything in the water has a soft edge

Did you try this tip? Share your work with us on Facebook @TheArtGuild or Instagram @artguildpw 

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About Ilene Silberstein:

   Ilene Silberstein is the Co-President of The Art Guild. Her work emphasizes energy created by shadows and light, and she is drawn to painting natural settings. She works in pastel, oil and mosaic and has studied with the late Anthony Palombo, Howard Rose, Christine LaFuente, Greg Kruetz, David Leffel and Robert A. Johnson. Her work can be viewed at IleneSilberstein.com

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