If you’ve ever drawn a line of telephone poles vanishing over the horizon, or sketched railroad tracks leading around a bend in the hills, you know that the key to achieving a realistic drawing is getting the right distance between each pole (or railroad tie).
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Monday in Video Tutorials - Carl Dalio will share a neat little trick for achieving the correct measurements when drawing telephone poles, fence posts, railroad tracks, or any other repeating items which vanish into the distance.
Tuesday in Art Marketing Tips - With so many ways to promote. . . read more
Tim Gagnon first started painting with acrylics while in college, as he studied fine art, and today he’s a professional artist with an impressive track record. Not only has he sold over 1,000 paintings to more than 30 countries. . . read more
Living in St. Arnaud near the Nelson Lakes National Park in New Zealand gives watercolor and oil painter Jan Thomson an endless palette of lakes, mountains and rivers to dip her paintbrush into. . . read more
Like many artists before me, I am addicted to the magical glow of the early morning or late evening sunlight known as the "Golden Hour." Masters like Corot and Inness made great use of the Golden Hour. . . read more
In today’s video, Sherrill Kahn is sharing a quick and easy way to make your own stamping tools out of styrofoam. All you'll need is a few basic tools and some acrylic paint, and you’ll be ready to go. . . read more
Monday in Video Tutorials - Acrylic painter Sherrill Kahn will demonstrate how to create simple styrofoam stamps that can be used to add visual texture to paper, cloth, or collage.
Tuesday in Painting Tutorials - During the “golden hour” immediately after sunrise or before sunset,. . . read more
As an artist who has just returned, road weary and exhausted from two back-to-back outdoor art festivals, I take great exception to those who look down on artists who choose to make their livelihood this way.
They haughtily thumb their nose at me and a large number of my colleagues by stating. . . read more
Does your art blog have a page dedicated to you, the artist? Whether you call it an artist’s bio or an about me page, it should be an essential part of your art blog. Here are 6 tips for creating the perfect, and ever-evolving, artist’s bio. . . read more
Name it, and there’s a good chance that New York artist Sue Barrasi has done it - whether it’s painting, sculpting, traveling the world, teaching, or continuing her own formal artistic education, Sue has many surprising. . . read more
There are many good ways to determine how you should price your art. . . but in addition to making sure that you’re covering costs, I believe you should also have an overall strategy in mind. . . read more