Resources For Learning To Draw and Paint
Posted in Art News & Stories, Learning Art Basics on Jan 28th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Drawing, Learning Art Basics on Jan 12th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Artist Materials, Learning Art Basics on Dec 27th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Famous Artists, Learning Art Basics, Oils on Dec 27th, 2009
Guess what? Leonardo DaVinci didn’t think tracing was cheating . He studied perspective for his oil art by going outdoors and placing a sheet of glass across two easels to trace landscapes. This wasn’t cheating; it was part of his lifelong search for truth and accuracy in his art.
Read more about this in Barry Waldman’s [...]
Posted in Learning Art Basics on Aug 2nd, 2009
Ever wondered whether or not budding artists can earn a living from their craft? Like a lot of people, you’ve probably heard of “starving artists” and have the perception that art is probably best left in the category of “hobbies”. However, as the following article by K. Sokolov outlines, this may not necessarily be the [...]
Posted in Learning Art Basics on Jul 20th, 2008
My grandfather was a very talented painter and he had painted this mural that hung over my grandparent’s couch for as long as I can remember. It was a mural painting about the goings on in a monastery kitchen and dining room area with monks seated at a table eating and one monk that [...]
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