How to Paint a Portrait in Oil Step by Step About Karin Karin Wells is an artist of amazing versatility. She graduated with honors from both the New England School of Art and Design, Boston, 1965, and the Butera School of Art, Boston, 1986. Karin has enjoyed a career as an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and sign painter. She also taught Life Drawing and Painting for many years. She has most recently studied for three years at The New England School of Classical Painting in Greenfield, New Hampshire, under the direction of Numael Pulido. To expand her craft, Karin has traveled throughout Europe studying the Old Masters. The artist is a member of The American Society of Portrait Artists, Portrait Society of America, The Portrait Society of Atlanta, and The Copley Society of Boston. To learn more about Karin and to view more of her amazing work, be sure to visit her website and blog by following the links below: Website: Blog: (Click Images for Larger Views) Yikes!
An Evening In The Classroom - Cennini Forum A former assistant gave me a copy of this essay. I was amazed because it sounded as though I was speaking and then I realized the enormous debt I owe to Howard Pyle. Among others, he taught Harvey Dunn who then passed it on in his lecture. This is the legacy left us by Howard Pyle. I have scanned it and edited it to pass this wisdom onto you…RH Being notes taken by Miss Taylor in one of the classes of painting conducted by Harvey Dunn and printed at the instigation of Mario Cooper It will be apparent that the following notes and comments were made in criticism of pictorial compositions submitted by the students, and as this work cannot of necessity be shown in conjunction with the text it may be felt that something is left to be desired. However as the purpose was to foment and to enlarge the pictorial point of view rather than to offer specific technical help, it will not matter to the reader whose mind is set in that direction. I desire only that which is mine. This job is not complex.
Not Just Limited Palette I'm limiting more than just my palette, which is already limited. Striving for fewer, more meaningful brushstrokes, and limiting description of superfluous detail, I continue to pursue simplicity and abstraction. I'm particularly happy with this little sketch, which is about 8 x 16 or thereabouts. Here are some rules I gave myself in my attempt to get at the essence of what this painting is about. - One hue per visual element. - Two values per visual element. - Paint no wrinkles in the fabric. only big folds. - Lose an edge on every shape. - Identifiability dictates the number of stokes. - Gesture is the primary concept for this painting. - Reassess frequently. - Deviate from the above rules only as far as necessary to pull together a painting as a whole. I stuck to my rules for the most part. Giving yourself simple, specific rules like these is a very effective way to practice your craft. If it makes you feel any better, I've given myself thousands of F's. :-)
Free Acrylic Painting Lessons, Learn to Paint in Acrylics Choose Medium: Art Books | Learning to Draw | Oil Painting | Watercolor | Acrylic | Pastel | Pencil | Charcoal | Pen & Ink | Misc Acrylic paints became commercially available in the 1950's so are a very new medium. Whilst their longevity remains unknown, paintings from the 50's show no cracks or signs of yellowing. Wolf - Acrylic Wildlife Art Lesson Rod Lawrence graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in fine arts in 1973, and has worked as a professional artist ever since. Wolf Acrylic Painting Lesson Acrylic Painting Demonstration Charles Harrington holds two degrees in architecture, later accepting a faculty position with the School of Art and Architecture at Louisiana Tech Univeristy, allowing him to indulge in two passions. Acrylic Painting Demo The Progress of an Acrylic Painting Brian is a self-taught artist whose artistic inspiration comes largely from the 'Group of Seven'. Acrylic Landscape Painting Lesson Painting Flowers in Acrylics Learn to paint flowers in acrylics
The Divine Michelangelo To produce one of the world's great masterpieces is impressive. To create three is truly astonishing - but this is exactly what Michelangelo did five hundred years ago. With his own hands he designed and created the most famous sculpture in the world - the David; the most awe-inspiring painting - the ceiling of the Sistine chapel; and one of the world's greatest buildings - the dome of St Peter's, the jewel in the crown of the Roman skyline. In the year that the David celebrates its 500th anniversary, BBC ONE brings to life the story of one of the most gifted, and tempestuous, artists in history. From a traumatic childhood, Michelangelo rose to the heady heights of artistic genius as sculptor, painter, architect and poet. His work is on such a scale, of such awesome power and breathtaking beauty, that for centuries people couldn't believe it was created by a mortal. His passion for art, for beauty and for God was his driving force throughout his life. Part 1 Part 2
How To Airbrush - free airbrush lessons,articles,tutorials and airbrush videos. Raphael’s Unione | Renaissance For Real Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Raphael, c. 1507, Oil, The National Gallery, London My exploration of colour in the Rennaissance now leads me to Raphael (1483 –1520), who, according to Marcia B. Hall, was central to the development of two of the four modes of colour in Rome of the High Renaissance: Chiaroscuro and Unione.1 The other two modes which I’ve explored in earlier posts, were developed by Leonardo da Vinci (sfumato) and Michelangelo (cangiantismo). The dramatic, often night-lighting of chiaroscuro is very recognisable especially as adopted by Caravaggio and Rembrandt, but Unione? What does it mean? After reading and re-reading Colour and Meaning: Practice and Theory in Renaissance Painting, my understanding is this: Unione came about as a response to Leonardo’s sfumato. Before encountering Leonardo’s sfumato whilest in Florence from 1504-1508, Raphael’s painting already exhibited the soft shadows and transluscent colours of the painter Peitro Perugino (1450–1523). References
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