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Thursday, 21 October 2010

  • Mastering Color – Simple Exercise To Help You Become a Better Painter Overnight

    Are you an artist who struggles with color? Do you find yourself unable to achieve color harmony in your artwork? Well you are not alone. Did you know that over 70% of artists admit that color is one of their biggest obstacles? Chances are that you are amongst those 70% or you would not be reading this article right now.

    If you take the time to work on the exercise below, you will have a new appreciation and understanding of color, and it won’t take years of practice either. You can become more knowledgeable about color after only one session.

    What exactly am I talking about?

    I am talking about an exercise that will greatly increase your understanding of the properties and interactivity of the colors on your palette. I am talking about creating color charts and lots of them.

    You see, the problem with many artists, myself included at one time, is that we tend to just jump right into our work haphazardly without learning proper foundational skills. This will only create frustration and waste lots of your time and materials....

    View the rest of this post on Mastering Color

Thursday, 07 October 2010

  • Landscape Painting Lesson – Learn How To Paint Clouds

    One of the most challenging aspects of landscape painting is learning how to paint believable clouds. When you ask a beginner to paint a cloud, they will automatically reach for white, when in actuality, a cloud is not white. Clouds are made of water and reflect surrounding colors. This is most apparent during a sunrise or sunset when clouds turn various shades of red, orange, violet, etc.

    There are many different types of clouds in nature. Everything from cirrus to altocumulus, so don’t assume you know what a cloud looks like and just start haphazardly painting. Spend some time outdoors really studying clouds and you will soon notice the many different types and colors of clouds . You should also consider the overall color scheme of your painting when deciding how to tackle the clouds. It is the relationship of colors in your painting that is most important.

    Lastly, be sure to check out the resources below that I collected from various places online.  The following videos and articles are all demonstrations and tips on how to paint clouds.  You will quickly notice after watching these videos and reading these articles, that there are a variety of different techniques for painting clouds. There are no set rules.  So try one or all of the following techniques to figure out which one you are most comfortable with.  I have includedlessons on oil painting, watercolor and acrylic painting below. Please enjoy and happy painting!

    View the rest of this landscape painting lesson on painting clouds

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Friday, 17 September 2010

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

  • Amazing Landscape Painting Demo by Artist Maxim Grunin

    I often browse around YouTube and other video sharing websites in search of new talent to post here on my blog.  Today I hit the motherload!   The following is a two part video demonstration of a landscape by the amazingly talented artist Maxim Grunin.  I was in absolute awe when I watched Maxim create this work of art in what seems like a matter of hours.  When you see the finished product you will be amazed as well.  The finished painting looks as though it took months or even years to create. It looks so complicated but Maxim makes it look so easy.  I think we can all learn a thing or two from this artist. I do hope you enjoy this demonstration as much as I did and I hope this inspires you to create something as equally amazing as this....

    View the rest of this acrylic painting demonstration here.

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