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Painting Methods that don’t Involve a Paintbrush
The youngest of the “big three” Mexican Muralist painters, David Alfaro Siqueiros, was also one of the first artists to publicly shun the paintbrush, calling the tool “an implement of hair and woo...
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The One Thing that will Help You Grow as an Artist
Life can get busy, and I often don’t have time for extended drawing or painting sessions, but I can always fit in five to ten minutes for my sketchbook habit. And I do — every single day without fail....
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5 Beginner Watercolor Painting Mistakes Watercolor Painting
Whether you’re just starting to learn watercolor or you’ve been working with it for a while, mistakes are inevitable. Mistakes let you you explore the medium and its endless possibilities. Still...
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6 Art Terms to Know
There’s a romantic side to art that is what lures so many to create: the idea of expressing yourself with drawing ideas, of creating a meaningful image or scene, or of tapping into “the zone” and peac...
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Painting Tips: Masking a Painting using Cellophane and Paper
There’s more than one way to mask an area of a painting to protect it from overspray, washes or contact. You can use liquid masking fluid, shelving paper, templates, plain paper and different ty...
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How to Blend Oil Pastels in a Zen Doodle Drawing
If you’re new to the style, let me explain: Zentangle is a way of drawing geometrical or organic patterns that weave throughout each other. In its most authentic practice, artists try to reach a Zen-l...
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Canvas Painting for Beginners: Everything You Need to Know
I have tried the dollar store ones and discovered some of them are under-gessoed, so I add another layer of gesso. Shall I opt for the middle range? Artists are faced with this dilemma all the time, a...
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How To Paint Rocks
Harmonized similarities. Contrasts can consist of lights and darks; large areas and smaller areas; and sharp edges, lost edges and all edges in-between. Then there are the textural contrasts of ...
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Painting from Photos: Almost Like Being There
Most artists are quick to acknowledge the value of painting from reference photos even while they know they can’t paint by photos alone. Experienced artists know that the photos are no substitut...
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How To Use Leading Lines To Create More Interesting Compositions
Leading lines are one of the most effective and under-utilized composition tools available to artists. Leading lines are essentially lines which lead people through the painting, usually towards point...
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