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There are different styles of painting like abstract art, conceptual art, Hyperrealism, pop art, Futurism, Impressionism and so on. As artists you can focus on...
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Bistre, Grisaille and Verdaccio are all techniques that were used by the Old Masters like Titian, Rembrandt,, Caravaggio and other to create a traditional under...
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Painting with a knife is a bit like putting butter or jam on bread and produces quite a different result to a brush. Painting knives...
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Important questions you can ask before you start painting is: Is it dark or light? (Chiaroscuro) Is it hot or cold? Am I using the 7 principles of good art in my painting?
The negative space of a painting can often be more important than the positive space in creating a feeling. … Continue reading...How to draw accurately...
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Do I really need to know How to draw before I paint? If you were to attend a university, you would spend a year or...
Read MoreHow to shade a drawing (Light & Shadow : Part 2) by WILL KEMP in DRAWING In this light and shadow series we look at the theory,...
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Why do artists paint naked women? How come they always paint naked women and not men? Whenever they paint a man, they cover their crotch with a sheet or something but when they paint a women, they paint everything? I know it’s not always like this but for the most part it seems to be the way to go. What’s up with that?
Each color has a dark or light value. The more we add white, the lighter the value. The more we add dark, the darker the...
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We are concerned not with the theory of color, but rather its practice. … Continue reading...Color mixing tips
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Is there an Artist in You? … Continue reading...Is there an Artist in You?
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Abstract art doesn’t have to be so unclear. There is a way to “read” an abstract painting, just as there is to understand and interpret a more realistic painting. ( noun ) – Abstract art can be a painting or sculpture (including assemblage ) that does not depict a person, place or thing in the natural world — even in an extremely distorted or exaggerated way.
Abstract art doesn’t have to be so unclear. There is a way to “read” an abstract painting. As you become more adept at interpreting and...
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This movement is also known as action painting as it includes intense, rapid brushstrokes and dripped and splattered paints on to a large canvas. It...
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Abstract Art may seem outrageously free, but in actual fact, it always has a firm rationale. What can hold everything together? A composition, what we can...
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