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An artist's life without paint-tubes
In times past, simply making up a day's worth of paint required a cost in effort and time few of us would be prepared to pay. If you will, imagine yourself as the sixteen-year-old Leonardo, in the studio of his Master. The task would go like this:
You feel proud the Master has trusted you with the j…
How an Artist sees
Edgar Degas wrote: 'Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.'
Here, for artists, is a statement of the 'bleeding obvious.' Since it comes from one whose work commands our respect, we need to examine its meaning. There may be more to it than what lies out in the open. We might discover…
Drawing onto Canvas
When the drawing for your painting is completed, when you are certain everything is just as you want it, stop. Allow yourself a breathing space of a day or two before you look at the drawing again. When you are ready,
turn the work upside down, or hold it in front of a mirror. Any errors will now ju…
What's Wrong with Your Picture?
Nothing is more frustrating then to stare at the piece you've spent days or weeks working on, only to realise it's just not right. It happens to all of us in the early stages of becoming a professional artist. This article will focus on the major cause of this problem and how to avoid it...
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You can Gain Creative Freedom by setting yourself Limits.
Creative freedom comes with setting yourself some limits. Does that sound contradictory to you? Well, let me explain what I mean. Because my experience of this powerful 'secret' has proven successful, I want to pass it on to other artists who may be floundering in an overwhelming sea of choices.
Bein…
Avoid Danger with Black and Make Magic with four Extra Pigments in your Paintings
When I first set out to get my training, representational painting was out of style among the art educators of this country. In fact, one lecturer stated that the true history of painting began in New York in 1960...
Because I was determined to make paintings, rather than designs, I had to find for…
How to gain control over the colours that can wreck your paintings and make magic with four other...
One advantage of the simple palette is the development of colour mixtures as unique to you as your handwriting. A second, and most useful one, is gaining control over those pigments that are notorious for 'taking over' a painting...
I'm thinking of blues like phthalo and cerulean, and most of the gr…
How to Go Beyond the Rainbow using Colour Mixes
Accurate colour mixing is like baking a cake. It is as simple, and as precise, as that. You need a list of ingredients and a recipe, or method, to follow. After that, it's just a science anyone can learn: accurate colour-mixing isn't difficult but the vast choice in the art shop makes it look harde…
How can I come up with my own Style in Art?
One really good way to work out what you want to paint is to think about what you don't like, both in subject matter and in style.
If it were possible for you to read every book written about, say, Rembrandt, it would not teach you to paint like Rembrandt. Anyway, the world does not need another Re…
'I never had any proper art training.'
You needn't let that worry you. Many famous names in the history of Art had little or no formal training. Neither had I, at the time I committed to a life as an artist. Here are the three facts you need to know:
1. No amount of training can make you an artist. That comes from within your Self - but y…
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Amazing. Your so right about it all, making the commitment to take a step in the direction to become who you want to be as an artist. I look so forward to being able to paint every day, one day soon.