I’ve always been fascinated by the fresh, crisp, look of a well executed pen and ink drawing. Artist who have the ability to do this type of art have my greatest admiration. The masterful use of crosshatching strokes, dots, vertical … Continue reading
Regrettably, the photograph of this picture shows camera flash, but it is still good enough to show here. I’d asked the private collector to take a picture and e-mail it to me, so it is sort of washed down a … Continue reading
Be sure to sign up for the Art Center Information newsletter and enter the drawing to win a free coffee table art book.>>> “Make your lights light and your darks dark when they are placed next to each other.”~Howard Pyle … Continue reading
Be sure to sign up for the Art Center Information newsletter and enter the drawing to win a free coffee table art book.>>> I am showing two more graphite drawings of my daughter’s father-in-law, James Frederick, never before seen on … Continue reading
Be sure to sign up for the Art Center Information newsletter and enter the drawing to win a free coffee table art book.>>> Art Center Information is posting more graphite drawings of, artist, James Frederick.
My granddaughter, Olivia, sent me some of her colored pencil and graphite pencil drawings. I’m proud of her talent and proud to present them here on the blog. Olivia will graduate from high school next month and definitely has art … Continue reading
Is it all right to draw on the substrate surface before you start painting the picture? The answer is yes…maybe. It really depends on what your objective is and the type of painting you are planning to do. If you’re … Continue reading
Here at Art Center Information we ran into a situation that definitely needs a discussion. How to properly draw ellipses. The hardest part of my “Old Woodie” drawing was drawing the tires as ellipses in perspective that matched the angle … Continue reading
