#921: Tea And Biscuit, Or How To Paint A Perfect Selfie Portrait
Wednesday • April 6th 2022 • 7:36:11 pm • 2KB
Not all art sessions,take lots of preparation. Creating digital ink sketches,takes a minute per sketch. Line art can be just as magical,as impressionism. There is nothing to stop line artfrom perfectly capturing a face. But playing with the sun and clouds...
#920: Art Self Education: We Are All Artists
Tuesday • April 5th 2022 • 4:46:54 pm • 4KB
Preface: All are welcome to this technique,even those who angrily object to it. If you are one of those individuals, and don't like using reference tools,start with a free hand sketch, and a color study. But please don't use the color theory, or grids,or...
#919: First Impressions Of Impressionism: It's Fast
Monday • April 4th 2022 • 9:18:55 pm • 2KB
Yes, the paintings are kind of incomplete,but not the kind where portraits are distorted. The incompleteness of impressionism,is found in areas like the corner of the eye. It usually takes three minutes to sort things out in there,but with Impressionism it...
#918: The Impressionist
Sunday • April 3rd 2022 • 6:18:45 pm • 2KB
The Case for Impressionism Marie Bracquemond ❤️ Marie Bracquemond Marie Bracquemond (1841- 1916) MARIE BRACQUEMOND. EL TALENTO SILENCIADO (Spanish) Berthe Morisot: A collection of 302 works (HD) Berthe Morisot - French Impressionist Artist Biography and...
#917: Pad De Deux: Magically Unfinished
Sunday • April 3rd 2022 • 3:48:59 pm • 2KB
Art is sensitive to light and color as well,painting on a well calibrated monitor... Can look slightly off,on a coffee shop laptop. And when you take your art,to the local photo printing booth... You may find that the shadows in the painting do not agree...
#916: Fastest Painter This Side Of Missis-sippi, Or Your First Art Show Today
Saturday • April 2nd 2022 • 10:01:23 pm • 3KB
Today, I gave myself 20 minutes to paint something,and I am not happy with what I created. I am pretty sure if you do a 20 minute speed painting session,you are not going to be too happy either. However,how...everrr... Speed painting is important...
#915: The New Leaders
Friday • April 1st 2022 • 4:18:36 pm • 7KB
A stranger I overheard mentioned that in war we all lose,and a boy energetically sprung up to the conversation, and said: "What do you mean, we won the second World War,and we couldn't afford to lose." So how is it that in war both sides lose,and yet it is...
#914: Beyond Hyperrealism Lies The Multiverse of Surrealism
Thursday • March 31st 2022 • 8:46:29 pm • 3KB
Above all, painting real faces is precious,especially when you make someone smile. Or better yet,when you make them the star they are. Wherever you go,distort their face as little as possible. While painting a photo,is a wonderful thing. Photos are rarely...
#913: Narrated Books
Wednesday • March 30th 2022 • 8:00:52 pm • 2KB
Humanity,is a baby. Humanity can only grow,when people grow. And to grow,does not mean a little bit. It means all the way,until you become a great being. You will need powerful books,written (and preferably read) by fine storytellers. Normally, children...
#912: Making Mountains
Tuesday • March 29th 2022 • 4:26:03 pm • 2KB
I set my brushes aside some years ago,and muttered “There has got to be a better way to do color”. I like tradition, and I appreciate color theory,I know it very well from programming generators of color swatches and themes. And I was ready to grab a pane...
#911: What is A School Class And What Is It For?
Monday • March 28th 2022 • 3:51:56 pm • 5KB
This is a question that should only be answered by example,because by creating a definition you will enable liars to manipulate unsuspecting students. I will give you a definition anyway, but only for this poem's sake,and I didn't even try to put any...
#910: A Wiser World And A Better View
Sunday • March 27th 2022 • 9:05:31 pm • 2KB
Teachers could teach for real,but that's just not the deal. They are there to follow,slowly turning hollow. Selling out for perks,that is how the world works. Teenagers shouldn't tolerate this,or they’ll end up in the same abyss. Nor should new teachers...
#909: The Landscape Painter
Sunday • March 27th 2022 • 3:12:37 pm • 1KB
The Fundamentals of Landscapes Environment Design: Value Sketching Joseph McGurl: Advanced Landscape Painting Techniques Bob Ross - Towering Peaks Painting Background in Krita How To Sketch Landscapes: Tutorial Environment Thumbnails Castle Rock Landscape...
#908: Through The Looking Glass, At The Mount Of Hyperrealism
Saturday • March 26th 2022 • 8:53:22 pm • 3KB
Art loves you so much,that it instantly helps you with everything you need. Just stretch your reference image over the entire canvas in Krita,and you have perfect shape and color reference. This beautiful first step,instantly makes you an artist. Your...
#907: A Look At Shadow And Color
Friday • March 25th 2022 • 7:04:41 pm • 2KB
This exercise still relies on reference images,positioned over the entire canvas. But we first create line art,not exactly necessary, but it takes no effort, and it is very fun. And then a shadow layer,which will require colorization. Follow something like...
#906: Of Photogrammetric Peanuts And The Importance Of Real Education
Thursday • March 24th 2022 • 9:26:39 pm • 2KB
My $2 macro lens arrived today, I attached it to my phone camera,and took a good look at a peanut I was about to eat. It took me a second to mutter the words Macro Photogrammetry,and a new project was born, just like that. While I pounced into art for a...
#905: Hyperrealism, A Teacher And A Protector
Wednesday • March 23rd 2022 • 9:31:17 pm • 3KB
Everything beyond Hyperrealism,is a delicious problem. Your road,is your own. You can dive directly into Photogrammetry,and base your next portrait on a 3D model. Or You can open up your reference photo in GIMP,and adjust the color temperature. Or you...
#904: The Future Of Art In Three Steps
Tuesday • March 22nd 2022 • 5:13:51 pm • 2KB
There are three important points in today's fast paced world of art,question the teachers, embrace using reference images over full canvas, and make use of 3D models. One, on the subject of teachers, I will say that Art does not need computers,and a good...
#903: First Day Of Summer In Just 92 Days
Monday • March 21st 2022 • 10:55:48 pm • 1KB
If I know anything about Summer,this year it will rear it self like a plumber. She'll moon us with the heat of night,and I'll bet the moon will be twice as bright. Already the ducks are quacking,and squires dug their nuts up are busy cracking. Geese...
#902: The Color Theorist
Sunday • March 20th 2022 • 3:13:35 pm • 2KB
COLOR THEORY BASICS: Use the Color Wheel & Color Harmonies to Choose Colors that Work Well Together RGB, CMYK, and SPOT Color Basics Controversial Color Theory: RYB vs CMY Color Wheel - What are the REAL Primary Colors? What is RGB? (Color Model) Color...
#901: Art Revolutions
Sunday • March 20th 2022 • 12:47:31 pm • 4KB
Maybe, it was the digital camera,that started the change. Just being able to take a photo,and quickly use it as digital painting reference transformed art. Today, using image reference tool under the Open Source Krita,allows for tracing the shape and...
#900: State Of The Art: Spring 2022
Saturday • March 19th 2022 • 8:42:51 pm • 5KB
The Cat Pea Technique is working as well as it should,and I just now found a tracing demo showing the Reference Images Tool. Here a person is tracing the shapes of musical instruments,through a transparent reference image. I don't know if it is mentioned...
#899: The Way Of The Artist
Friday • March 18th 2022 • 8:07:44 pm • 3KB
Everyone of us has the responsibility to stand for truth,to stand authentic, and un-freaking-breakable. "Sticks and stones may break my bones,but words will never hurt me." If we allow ourselves to get broken,then three will be no future. Don't expect...
#898: Towards The Future Of Human Kind
Thursday • March 17th 2022 • 3:36:19 pm • 3KB
You see what broken schools do,they close the minds of men. So tightly, that their world is a world of fantasy,the language they speak is pictorial. It contains words born of TV,snippets of scenes. They are easily threatened,and they can easily let go of...