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10/08/2019

Another day as office cat,I work hard for my biscuits!!!! 😸🐈🐾

10/08/2019

Me and my bed are on guard duty 👮🐾😜

10/08/2019

Painting what you see is largely about admitting that colors change quickly and dramatically.

A lot of painters have strong opinions about whether or not it is helpful to premix colors on the palette or ‘set’ a palette before painting. I’m not talking about making your paints from scratch but rather about mixing a few colors, or even just one, after you’ve identified what the main co...

10/08/2019

What a great way to see your work with a new perspective! I hope you take advantage of this drawing secret, starting today.

If you’re like most new artists,” Sarah says, “you see a beautiful finished sketch or drawing and you think, I want to do that! But you may have no idea just how that was achieved. A host of questions need to be answered to be able to create something like that yourself, but how do you know wh...

09/08/2019

Addorable Kitten with Beautiful Eyes! 😍😍

08/08/2019

Originally entitled Roses on Earth, this picture’s predominant tone was burnt umber. I reshaped the composition when I painted over it.

Get an exclusive up-close look into the making beautiful pastel paintings in this excerpt . For a complete Q&A with the artist, plus a step-by-step pastel demonstration. The following “Close-Up” column gives you insider knowledge. I plied the canvas with Golden acrylic modeling paste; I wanted t...

08/08/2019

Enjoying movie in free time. 🥰💻

07/08/2019

Canvas is the common choice of artists working with acrylic and oil paints.

While this concise sentence has gotten me through the worst of times, it’s also applicable to the lighter side of life. For example, there’s a reason that my sister-in-law lets her cupcakes cool before icing them: so the icing doesn’t melt. In art, there’s a reason that many artists use pape...

07/08/2019

Many pastelists use a combination of drawing and painting techniques in their work.

If you’re new to pastel, I hope you won’t be intimidated by the term technique. A reassuring definition, according to Webster, tells us that technique is simply “an artist’s special method of ex*****on used to obtain a certain result.” shows methods that work for me, and I’ll be right al...

06/08/2019

As we view the ear from the back three-quarter view, the outer bowl starts to appear. This is the same cartilage that attaches the outer ear to the head.

The features are what make human faces so interesting. Although most features are constructed similarly from person to person, each individual still exhibits subtle and not so subtle differences. For example, each nose has a bridge followed by cartilage and two nostrils, but some noses are thin whil...

06/08/2019

Once you have your composition established, you can begin the painting process

First, establish the composition. As it’s extremely helpful to place the most important shapes of the composition before commencing to paint, “drawing” will normally be your first step. The drawing is the basic plan for where to put those luscious colours. Your drawing/shape-making tools will ...

25/07/2019

There are a few things that I would like to save for myself only…Old love letters, programs, memories from traveling

Have the words “death cleaning” been buzzing in your ears lately? Döstädning, as it’s called in Sweden, is the practice of radically decluttering your home to make things easier for loved ones when you croak. (Yup.) And it’s taking Scandinavia and the world by storm. Erm, sad and depressin...