In today’s video clip, Jan Kunz demonstrates her multi-step process for accurately painting the shadows of the face. As you can see, she starts off with a detailed drawing and base skin color, then uses a value scale to. . . read more
Monday in Video Tutorials - In tomorrow’s video clip, watercolor artist Jan Kunz will demonstrate how to accurately measure and paint the shadow colors of a face, including any reflected light cast on the skin.
Tuesday in General Art Advice - Clemens Greis put together a great tutorial. . . read more
Seeing how this week marks the 4th anniversary of EmptyEasel.com, I’ve decided to take the week off, kick back, and relax in the sunshine - provided I can still find some this late in the year. :). . . read more
Whenever I do a show in a city farther than about 3 hours away I usually just stay one more night in a hotel. It’s not that I love hotels - William Shatner books me in some really creepy places at times. . . read more
Phyllis Dobbs, a freelance illustrator and artist, started her professional design career designing cross-stitch patterns. Over the years her work has been featured on product lines and in kits, books, and magazines. . . read more
Kirby Jones has been a practicing multidisciplinary professional artist for over 19 years. He is a self-proclaimed designer, maker and photographer who specializes in contemporary furniture, large format photographs. . . read more
Artists love black. Love, love, love it. It has class. It engages. It draws you in. But let me tell you, there’s one place where black and all that it stands for will work completely against you and your art . . . read more