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Tip: Don’t Throw Away Graphite Sketches

Some artist use their pencil to draw with a lively linear approach allowing their strokes to show, and others blend their strokes to get a smoother effect–more like a photograph. Some use short strokes, dots, or longer straight or curved … Continue reading →

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Five Tips That Help Artist Make Preparatory Drawings

In the distant past, drawings were primarily used as studies for later paintings. They were not the end itself but a means to an end. We know this by studying the many planned painting sketches of any of the masters … Continue reading →

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Tips to Draw With Colored Pencil

As far as art mediums go, colored pencils are a relatively recent innovation. Because of their waxy nature they retain their own distinct colors when drawn over each other. Unlike pastels, they cannot be blended. However, you can build up … Continue reading →

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Tips For Graphite Drawing

Drawing is a genre of its own, since it requires a studious approach to record precisely and in detail the appearance of a person, animal, plant or object. An artist needs to work systematically to capture the particular characteristics of … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Weekly Review for 7/2~7/72012

For your convenience, click on the thumbnail picture beside the entry and it will take you to the post in its entirety. On Monday, we discussed the Exciting and Challenging World of Watercolor, saying~If you are an artist that has … Continue reading →

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Painting With Acrylics Using Egg Tempera Techniques

Whether I paint on board, linen, or canvas I prime my substrate with four sanded smooth coats of gesso. I then make a preliminary pencil drawing on tracing paper and transfer it to the substrate. I attempted to paint this … Continue reading →

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6 Tips For Painting Backlighting In Your Composition

The field of light surrounds or infuses the edges of an object when the light comes from behind. When a subject blocks the lighting (standing in a lit doorway at night) the illumination is considered contre-jour lighting. When a form … Continue reading →

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Author Archives: bigrburto

Tip: Don’t Throw Away Graphite Sketches

Five Tips That Help Artist Make Preparatory Drawings

Tips to Draw With Colored Pencil

Tips For Graphite Drawing

Art Center Information Weekly Review for 7/2~7/72012

Painting With Acrylics Using Egg Tempera Techniques

6 Tips For Painting Backlighting In Your Composition

The Most Patriotic Artist of All

The Exciting and Challenging World of Watercolor

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