Resources For Learning To Draw and Paint
Posted in Oils on Jan 20th, 2010
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:
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 [...]
The fascination of the almost-mesmeric effects of ever-changing, sparkling light patterns on water has intrigued artists for centuries. The subject could be pounding seas, a placid lake, a rampant river, or a wandering stream. Translating the feeling of the play of light on water to a two-dimensional painted surface is an engrossing artistic endeavor.
Watercolor and [...]
Posted in Learning Art Basics, Oils on Mar 13th, 2008
The way oil painting is done varies from artist to artist, but there are certain steps which usually apply.
For example, the artist first prepares the surface. Although surfaces like linoleum, wooden panel, pressed wood, and cardboard have been used over the years, the most versatile and commonly used surface is canvas.
Many famous paintings were painted [...]
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