“Many are willing to suffer for their art. Few are willing to learn to draw.”
That is a quote by Simon Munnery and really sets the tone for today’s post. A lack of sound drawing skills is the number one reason for a piece of artwork wallowing in failure. You can get by with a deficient [...]
Ok, in part 1, I went over my general feelings about why an artist should use reference. Now, I’m going to talk about how you should use it. Nine times out of Ten I’ll do a number of thumbnails based on the idea or concept of my painting before looking for my reference. I want [...]
(In part one I’m going to talk about Reference in general. In part two I’ll get specific on how to use it as a step in the process of creating a painting.)
It seems most artists are ashamed of it. They keep it hidden away afraid the viewer will pull back the curtain and realize that [...]
This is the first in a series of posts concerning the mental process your brain should be taking in making a great painting. Every piece will go through these stages and depending upon how well they are executed will result in the quality of the painting. I’m going to skip over “Concept”, which is actually [...]
Color Intensity!
I used to watch a fantastic artist named Brian Stelfreeze every year at the Heroes comic convention doing a painting for the annual Heroes auction. Many times I’d notice how he would create a hot spot of the most vibrant, intense color that would just leaped off of his painting. How does he get [...]
