The value of value
“But why waste time on a sketch when I can just paint?” you ask. For the same reason that contractors need blueprints before they start building: great ideas require planning.
Monday Morning Art School: avoid muddy colors
Do you have trouble keeping colors clean in your oil painting? It’s an easy problem to fix, once you’ve learned proper fat-over-lean.
Announcing a new critique class online
Criticism is never mere fault-finding. There is a seed of brilliance in almost every painting, and it needs to be enlarged upon. That means discussing the merits of a painting as much as discussing its faults.
Think with your hands
Science says drawing helps us listen and remember better. Take that, every teacher who ever disciplined a student for drawing in class!
Monday Morning Art School: The golden light
Non-artists will tell you that light is white and shadows are grey. It takes practice to perceive the color of light.