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Artists Network Online Events and WetCanvas Live! Essentials of Painting Grass and Snow with Johannes Vloothuis | Saturday, May 12, 19 and 26, 2012 | 1:00pm-3:30pm EDT Learn techniques to make these normally flat uninteresting surfaces into something more meaningful. This online seminar will include demos in oil, watercolor and pastel. Click here to register now for this FREE online event!

The Artist’s Magazine

How to Draw People With the Block-in Method

How to Draw People With the Block-in Method Learn how to draw realistic people using a block-in and gridding to measure and map the human figure step by step.

Pastel Journal

Pastel Pointers | Getting Started With an Underpainting, Part 2

Pastel Pointers | Getting Started With an Underpainting, Part 2 One simple way to create a value underpainting is to use permanent India ink, consisting of carbon black, gum and shellac. Utilized since the Renaissance as a means for creating a permanent drawing in advance of over painting, a pastelist can dilute the ink with water to produce a variety of value washes. Once dry, various colored underpainting techniques can be applied without altering the underlying value design. If you plan to use water-based techniques over the value underpainting, be sure to obtain the permanent version of India ink.

Watercolor Artist

Creativity Workshop: Gesso You Know Responses

Creativity Workshop: Gesso You Know Responses Want to know who painted his or her way to our latest artful prize? Meet the winner! In the April issue of Watercolor Artist, Myrna Wacknov challenged readers to rescue their failed watercolor paintings by applying gesso to the surface. (Read a free e...

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