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Swept Away Paint Pour Instructions with Ellen Kanner
Swept Away Advanced Paint Pour Instructions with Ellen Kanner Before beginning, refer to Ellen Kanner's instructions for mixing your paint here “Swept Away” is a more advanced type of paint pour than what I have described in previous posts. In this painting I used...
Paint Pour Recipe with Ellen Kanner
Paint Pour Recipe & Basic Techniques with Ellen Kanner Before starting a paint pour, one must have the correct supplies and the correct recipe. The recipe I use can be altered based on the results one desires. As you progress, you may decide that you want...
Paint Pouring with Ellen Kanner
Acrylic Paint Pour with Ellen Kanner Paint Pour is a fluid organic painting that uses Acrylic flow paint and many other materials to create lovely cells and a flowing motion within the creation. BEGINNERS LESSON: Before starting a paint pour, one must have the...
Let’s Talk About the Mouth with Rob Silverman
Let's Talk About the Mouth with Rob Silverman 1. BETWEEN THE LIPS The space between the lips is not a straight line: The middle form of the top lip overlaps the lower lip and the 2 lateral forms of the lower lip overlap the upper lip. 2. LIP SIZE The upper lip is...
The Art of the Photo Book with Mark Mancher
The Art of the Photo / Art book with Mark Mancher This note is not intended to be a “how-to” create your own Photo/Art book; numerous websites explain the nuts and bolts far better than I could. Instead, it is a paean to, what I believe is, an art form unto itself...
A Few More Tips on the Nose with Rob Silverman
A Few More Tips on the Nose with Rob Silverman 1. NASAL STRUCTURE Trapezoid shape, the glabella, between nose and forehead is turned down at an angle, creating a slight halftone. 2. PROFILE Avoid delineating the bridge of the nose (the side that is turned away from...
Exercise your brain & enhance creativity with Shelley Holtzman
Enhance your Creativity with Shelley Holtzman Drawing with your non-dominant hand helps you get to the core of how you process an image. The act confuses your brain and leads to creativity. Using your non-dominant hand forces you to draw what you see rather...
Using a Fill Flash Outdoors with Daniel Kasle
Using a Fill Flash Outdoors with Daniel Kasle Many new and indeed some experienced photographers are skittish about using a flash in an outdoor setting. Maybe it just isn’t intuitive to bring more light to a brightly lit situation but the simple illustration below...
Making Art out of Memories
Making Art out of Memories If you've been quaran-cleaning then you may have come across boxes of cards, notes or clippings. A simple way to help clear out some paper but retain the memories is by framing them. This is a simple project that you can do on your...
Creating Color Swatches with Katrina Benson
Creating a Color Swatch from a Reference Photo with Katrina Benson Painting from a photograph? As artists, we can choose how we render what we see. We may want a realistic representation of our reference, or not at all. Either way, it can be helpful to verify that...
Sketch your Day with Stephanie Navon-Jacobson
Sketch Your Day with Stephanie Navon-Jacobson Use one of these drawing prompts to record something from your day: Where did I go? What did I see? What did I wear? What did I eat/drink? What did I use/handle/touch? What did I buy? What's new? What's old? What did I...
Blind Contour with Marc Isaacs
Blind Contour Drawing with Marc Isaacs Blind contour drawing is the best friend to an artist and it often comes before contour drawing, but not necessarily. It should be repeated daily even by the experienced hand as it is great practice. If you have been...
Brush Care & Cleaning (Watercolor & Acrylic)
Brush Care & Cleaning (Watercolor and Acrylic)Brushes are usually expensive and we try to take care of them, but despite our best efforts, we all have dozens of brushes that have lost their points, are clogged up with paint we didn't clean out properly (oops!) or...
Photographing Art with Steve Silberstein
Photographing Art with Steve Silberstein Follow Steve Silberstein's step by step instructions for photographing art using an iPhone and Snapseed. Watch the video here 1. SET UP Turn on grid lines on camera screen in settings/Camera Turn off Live View on...
Still Life in Colored Pencil with Barbara Silbert
Drawing a Still Life in Colored Pencil with Barbara Silbert 1. SET UP YOUR STILL LIFE (SAME AS LAST SESSION) Set up your objects on a tablecloth, and find another cloth to prop up behind it & tape to a wall or a large board. RE-DRAW your still life as before...
More Nose Knowledge with Rob Silverman
More Nose Knowledge with Rob Silverman 1. NASAL BONE The end of the nasal bone creates a slight bump in the bridge of the nose 2. PROFILE In profile the nose is half on the face, and half off 3. SHADOW Minimize the contrast between the nostrils and the shadow plane...
Get Happy with these Prompts
Prompts inspired by BE HAPPY! Art that makes you smile Show us what you are grateful for, inspires you, lifts your soul, and makes you smile. Health Everyday items Color Memories Rainbows Sunsets Solitude Nature Family New traditions Music Animals Prayer Want to enter...
Got rolls? Find a project!
Got paper rolls? photo: SquirrelyMinds.com We've heard about the paper roll hoarding. But what to do with all those leftover rolls? Try some of these web resources for projects using paper rolls and art supplies you have around the...
Scaling Up an Image with Shelley Holtzman
Scaling Up an Image with Shelley Holtzman To enlarge a painting or image that you would like to draw or paint without a projector is easily done using a grid. It's not too difficult, but it does take a little math. The key is to keep the proportions of your reference...
Knowing Where the Nose Goes Rob Silverman
Knowing Where the Nose Goes with Rob Silverman 1. NOSE WIDTH Width of the nose rests between the eyes and also aligns with the outer portion of mouth tubercles (pillowy tissue on left and right sides of lower lip) 2. NOSTRILS The base of the nostrils is lower on...
Drawing a Still Life with Barbara Silbert
Drawing a Still Life with Barbara Silbert 1. SET UP Set up your objects on a tablecloth, and find another cloth to prop up behind it & tape to a wall or a large board. 2. SHADING Find the tallest item first and mark the top and bottom of it, then the others. ...
BROWSing for Realistic Eyebrows Rob Silverman
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....
Bokeh Backgrounds with Katrina Benson
_______________________ About Katrina Benson: Katrina Benson is the Vice President of the Art Guild and an award-winning artist working primarily in colored pencil and watercolor. Her work gravitates toward realism, although she enjoys all forms of artistic...
Household Supply Pastel Substitutions
_______________________ About Jill Velasco: Jill Velasco is an exhibiting Artist, Graphic Designer and Educator with a BFA in Graphic Design and an MS in Visual Arts Education. For over ten years, Jill has taught fine art classes in both schools and studios...
Painting Glass Tips from Ilene Silberstein
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...
The Great Rainbow Hunt: A Community Project
The Great Rainbow Hunt Community Download a flyer here: TAG Rainbow Hunt We saw this idea on Facebook and thought it would be perfect for students, parents, artists & seniors! Have a neighborhood-wide rainbow 🌈 hunt! Using any supplies that you have on...
Get Your Eyes in Shape by Rob Silverman
How to Get Your Eyes in Shape with Rob Silverman 1. THE EYE The eye is not a symmetrical almond shape like the CBS eye or almond, but rather an asymmetrical combination of a joined curve and a fairly straight edge. 2. UPPER LID The highest point of the upper lid...
How to Create Luminous Eyes by Rob Silverman
Rendering a More Luminous Iris with Rob Silverman Light and luminosity help create a more realistic eye. 1. HIGHLIGHT Highlight in the iris should appear at the upper right of the pupil if the light source is coming from the upper right. 2. CATCHLIGHT Catchlight...
Art Videos for Kids
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