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New Video This Week!How to Paint: The Grisaille Method with Jon deMartin
Learn watercolor techniques for up-close depth and dimension in your flower paintings. Learn more about How to Paint: The Grisaille Method with Jon deMartin here.Get instant online access to this video, and many other art workshop videos, at ArtistsNetwork.TV—now available for viewing on your iPad too!
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Getting Organized | The Pastel Edition, Part 1
Many pastel artists will awake on Tuesday morning to the thrill of opening presents. If in the past year, Santa Claus has deemed them to be nice not naughty, they will have undoubtedly received pastels instead of a lump of coal. While coal may produce some interesting drawing effects, it’s the prospect of adding additional sticks of pastel to one’s palette that thrills most pastelists. No matter how many brands, hues, chromas or values of pastel an artist may have, more is better. As any pastelist knows, the one with the most when they die – wins! Deciding how best to store, assimilate and record the pastels is when the three Ds of pastel organization arise.
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Fuel Your Art Project Ideas with THE Creativity Magazine
This just in: the second edition of Inspired—the magazine dedicated to creativity! Whether you’re searching for art ideas or looking to refine your art projects, this creativity magazine will fuel your art project ideas.
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Top Ten How to Draw Manga Art Supplies
If you haven’t checked out our sister site, IMPACT-books.com, lately, you might want to head over and see what’s up. We’ve been sharing some great how to draw and paint demonstrations on everything from fantasy art and science fiction to …
Posted in Art Craft Tools, Material Supply Tips & Recommedations, Drawing Techniques: How to Draw People Animals Landscapes & More, Holiday Gift Guides, Other Art Mediums Including Gouache Tempera Digital & Collage, Tips and Tools Tagged Drawing Techniques: How to Draw People Animals Landscapes & More, Other Subject Comments Off
Pastel Frequent Flyers | Tips for Navigating Air Travel with Art Supplies
I’m frequently required to travel by air. As any pastelist knows, who has had to go through the strict TSA inspection routine at an airport with a pastel palette, it can be a stressful ordeal. Our palette is our means of creation. It’s filled with delicate, expensive sticks of pigment that often take days to select and organize. Handing it over to others—people who may not share our concern—is gut wrenching. Having gone through the inspection process repeatedly and culling tips from other pastel frequent flyers, I have a few tips to share that may make your airport experiences go a little more smoothly.
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Why Register With the Copyright Office? | By Leonard DuBoff
Creativity Workshop: Etch-A-Sketch
I love the composition of Bike Bridge, Amsterdam (watercolor with colored pencil and gouache on paper, 13×231⁄4). To help the bridge really stand out, I decided to make it purple. Originally, it was higher up on the painting, but I …
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Tips for Framing Pastels | 4 Questions to Consider
How to frame a pastel is one of the most frequently asked questions I hear during a painting workshop. Many painters find it superfluous to discuss the frame, feeling that the artwork should matter most. But it can’t be denied that the framing plays a major part in how the painting will be viewed. The frame is analogous to the clothing one wears for a job interview. It should be appropriate for the circumstances and flatter without distracting.
