Painting With Color and Light – Color Shading Light & Shadow Techniques
Light and shadow is a central component to painting as it is what makes up the light and dark areas of a work. For example,
February 2, 2020 No Comments
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Tonal Value Drawing
Getting a solid understanding and grasp on tonal values is the best thing you can do for your drawing and painting. As tonal values is
January 25, 2020 No Comments
Introductory guide to tonal values
The definition of tonal values in art is how light or dark something is on a scale of white to black. White is the lightest
January 22, 2020 No Comments
How to paint fog and mist
Transient effects can seem somewhat mysterious. Especially when it comes to figuring out how to paint fog and mist! However, like most things, painting mist
January 13, 2020 6 Comments
How To Mix Earth Tone Colors
What are earth tones? Earth tone colors in its narrowest definition means colors that contain some brown. However, more broadly it can be defined as
January 8, 2020 12 Comments
Painting Technique Tips from Velazquez
Velazquez will always be a painters painter. For centuries, artists have been studying his technique and the masterful way he used paint. This post will
December 11, 2019 No Comments
How to Paint a Landscape
Knowing how to paint a landscape can difficult, especially if you have not done it very much! There is never a formula in how to
December 5, 2019 3 Comments
Step by Step Oil Portrait Painting and Master Copy
Oil Portrait Painting and Why Do Master Copies? Learning to oil paint by doing a ‘master copy’ is one of the best ways to learn
November 14, 2019 3 Comments
How to Start an oil Painting – and Create an Underpainting
Starting a painting can be intimidating. What can be even more intimidating is to start painting for the first time ever. Whether the former or
September 30, 2019 No Comments
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