Resources For Learning To Draw and Paint
Jan 28th, 2010 by ladyjean
These days, there are many distant learning institutions offering art programs. Art students can enrol in a distance learning institution and can study online, in print, or a combination of each.
Students enrolling in a fine art course have the option of deciding which method best suits their learning style. Find out more from the following interesting article “Learn art at distance learning institutions“
Jan 24th, 2010 by ladyjean
Almost all beginning artists struggle with the simple technique of learning “to draw what you see”. It doesn’t matter whether you paint from a photograph, your imagination or life itself, you can often struggle to work out the structure of what you are looking at and how to draw it.
Gary Gumble has written a great article which basically says if you learn to draw using fundamental shapes to simplify the problem, you are well on the way to being able to “see like an artist. Read on for more information:
Jan 20th, 2010 by ladyjean
Water soluble oil paints – seems like a direct contradiction doesn’t it? Lori McNee has been painting for many years, and has been successfully executing her paintings using water soluble oils for over 10 years – all with very professional results.
Read her article below to find out how:
Jan 12th, 2010 by ladyjean
You may think children as young as 9 years old may not be able to draw realistic portraits of people. Sounds impossible doesn’t it? However, strange as it may seem, there are basic techniques which children can quickly get the hang of and be producing great portraits in no time.
Tara Scott has written an article outlining basic drawing techniques and materials your child can use to draw a realistic portrait within two hours. This is without having had any previous drawing lessons from an instructor, or ever picking up a drawing pencil and sketching paper.
Find out more below:
Jan 5th, 2010 by ladyjean
We’ve just discovered a very good “learn to paint” dvd course called
“Learn and Master Painting”. It’s a new course produced by our friends at Legacy Learning, who put out of one of the best guitar lesson courses we promote over on our guitar music website. So we know their products are very good!
The Learn & Master Painting dvd course is one of the best home instruction courses available for learning to paint with oils and acrylics. Master artist, Gayle Levee, has designed interactive lessons which provide a solid, comprehensive foundation for your own artwork. Read our Learn & Master Painting review find out more:
Dec 27th, 2009 by ladyjean
Many artists are secretly embarrassed about their cluttered and messy work-area. In fact it is a common perception that all artists are messy when they work. However, it is not impossible for artists to keep their work area clean, with very little effort.
This interesting and useful article by Rihana Martinson outlines five CHEAP ways to keep your arts and crafts supplies organised:
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