Monday in Video Tutorials - Mixed-media artist Polly Hammett will be taking us through her process of creating small value sketches for a larger painting. If you’ve never done that before, I’d recommend dropping in tomorrow and checking it out.
Tuesday in Artist Interviews - Alyice Edrich and Lenae May will discuss a whole range of topics this Tuesday, including (but not limited to) the joys of repurposing vintage materials, using copyright-free images, and the value of adding “whimsy” to every creation.
Wednesday in Featured Artists - With the ability to find beauty in every old lamp-post and faded brick wall, Zakary John Fellman won’t be running out subjects to paint anytime soon. Come back on Wednesday to see his paintings, and as always, feel free to submit your own artwork to be featured on EmptyEasel too.
Thursday and Friday there will be no new articles, in honor of the Thanksgiving holiday. If you’re celebrating as well, have a wonderful Turkey Day!
Last week’s articles on EmptyEasel:
VIDEO: How to Paint Accurate Skin Shadows in a Watercolor Portrait
Making A Quality Picture Frame on an Artist’s Budget
Ravens and Rustscapes: Mixed-media Paintings by Rachel Rolseth
10 Quick Blog Post Ideas (AKA, The Art Blogger’s Cheat Sheet)
What is a Linocut?
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Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .
read moreIn today's video clip, Jan Kunz demonstrates her multi-step process for accurately painting the shadows of the face. She starts off with a detailed drawing and base skin color, then uses a value scale to assess the skin. After finding the value, she mixes a color that is four "value steps" dar. . .
read moreIn today's video, mixed-media artist Sean Dye is painting a golden sky into his landscape, using a few sizes of palette knives rather than brushes. As you probably know, palette knife painting is very different from painting with brushes, both in the techniques used to apply the paint to the c. . .
read moreThis week's video clip on EmptyEasel comes from watercolor painter Taylor Ikin, who is demonstrating how easy it is to modify and adjust watercolor pigment when painting on synthetic Yupo paper rather than traditional paper. Yupo is technically made of plastic, which explains why it's so easy . . .
read moreWhen I first started painting, the genre I was least interested in was portraiture. My mother, who happens to be an artist also, was passionate about it and tried to encourage me to try it but frankly, I just didn’t get it. I was more interested in learning about floral, figurative, or landsca. . .
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