Category: Tools and Techniques
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Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter
Color. What other factor in art is so simultaneously fascinating and frustrating for artists? Numerous books have been written on the subject; some are less than worthwhile, some are good, some are excellent, and a few have become so relied on that over time they have become standards. Each takes a certain approach to the…
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Learning to draw: where to go from here
Tim, a Lines and Colors reader, wrote me to say that he had recently become inspired to return to the practice of drawing. He had purchased a copy of Betty Edwards’ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain (see my post here), and was looking for other books and resources to pursue his interest…
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Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers
It has been frequently pointed out that there is a close relationship between comics (or “graphic stories”), and film; in that both are visual storytelling mediums. The two arts share many of the same fundamental processes in constructing a visual story: scene composition, visual continuity, establishing shots, close ups, downshots, upshots, and so on; they…
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Line by Line, James McMullan
I have long been a proponent of the idea that drawing is as much of a natural potential ability for human beings as writing. I’ve often wondered about that odd demarcation somewhere around puberty where an unspoken law seems to take effect and “all children draw” becomes “only some teenagers and adults draw because they’re…
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Compositional / Visual Clarity with Bill Perkins
Compositional / Visual Clarity with Bill Perkins is a one day workshop scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday September 19, 2010, at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra California. Th workshop will focus on the role of composition in achieving visual clarity in storytelling. That may sound dry, but the real goal is more exciting images; clarity is a…
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ArtRage 3 Studio Pro
An increasing number of artists, even those firmly committed to working in traditional media, are discovering the value of adding digital painting and drawing tools to their repertoire. The transition can be daunting, though, with some artists feeling intimidated by what they perceive as complex and expensive digital art tools and the implied learning curve.…