How to paint portraits – Free Tips and Tricks for How to paint
Learning to paint portraits is awesome! There are many different ways to paint portraits and no wrong way. It’s art
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Painting portraits
Art Composition Rules
By Marion Boddy-Evans Art composition rules provide a starting point for deciding on a composition for a painting, for deciding where
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How to Write an Artist’s Statement
An artist’s statement is a short piece written by the artist to accompany a particular painting or group of paintings.
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How to Sign a Painting
Adding your signature to a painting is like adding a stamp to it that reads “finished”. It’s a sign that
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Juried Art Shows
On occasion I am asked to help jury an art exhibit. These requests are never answered right away. This is
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How to Create a Body of Work and a Distinctive Style as an Artist
If you’re looking to get gallery representation, or to sell your art in some other, more innovative way, we have
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How to Create a Body of Work and a Distinctive Style as an Artist
If you’re looking to get gallery representation, or to sell your art in some other, more innovative way, we have
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How to Test if a Paint Color is Opaque or Transparent
Different pigments have different covering properties. Some are extremely transparent, barely showing on top of another color. Others are extremely opaque, hiding
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Color Theory Lesson: Using Black and White
While it may seem logical that to lighten a color you add white to it and that to darken it
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What You Need to Know Painting Canvas
The term canvas serves as a generic term for any fabric that’s used as a support for painting. The fabric can be
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