Artist Spotlite – Dianne Bertold
Artist: Dianne Bertold
Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta CANADA
Title: Morning Sentry
Medium: Soft Pastels
Dimensions: 15.5″ x 22″
Support: Fabriano Pastel Paper
Comments from the Artist: This Wood Lily stood amongst tall grass but the strong lighting through the leaves and on the stem made me want to simplify the background so I used a blue-grey (complementary to the orange) to help it stand alone. It needed no “supporting actors”. The flower itself is done in multiple layers (fixatif between layers) to achieve the shape through shadow and light.
Artist Spotlite – Jaime Moxey
Artist: Jaime Moxey
Location: Argentina
Title: Gardeners
Medium: Acrylics
Dimensions: 100 x 130 cm
You Asked – Beginners Oil Painting DVD?
Today’s question comes from Don, and he asks:
“I am looking for a tutorial DVD to assist me in a move from watercolour to oil. What I am looking for is a beginners guide which not only illustrates oil techniques but also explains what materials – canvas/paper, mediums, brushes etc – are suitable. My search to date for a suitable DVD has been unsuccessful.”
Do you have any information that might help Don?
Interview with Artist Leslie Tribolet
About Leslie
Leslie Tribolet lives on Kauai with her husband and her animals. She studied at Santa Barbara Art Institute back in the 70’s, but with pencil as her medium of choice. During her battle with both cervical and breast cancer, she decided to try to learn how to paint for something to do. She dabbled in watercolors and loved them, but seemed that everyone on Kauai was painting with watercolors, and that she found to be boring…..
She was introduced to the Genesis Heat Set Paints in 2007, and loved it because of the ease of finishing her work quickly, without having to wait for the paint to dry and it was “different”. These paints are dried with heat, (heat gun or an oven) which speeds up the process and it is great, especially with living in the humid air of Hawaii. She has always been drawn to ethnic faces, so she decided to try her hand at painting them with these paints, and it worked. She hopes that you enjoy looking at them as much as she enjoys painting them.
Visit Leslie’s Website Today… Read more
Free Step By Step Watercolor Lesson By Aileen McLeod
About Aileen
Aileen is a multi-medium artist/tutor. Her portraits have been included in major portrait exhibtions and she has been commissioned to paint VIP. Aileen has been a guest on national TV pertaining to her art and appeared in various leading magazines. Portraits are a great love and she welcomes commissions in this and other subjects/mediums.
Visit Aileen’s Site by Clicking Here.
Aileen offers lessons in other mediums and subjects are available on CD /DVD. She also offers personal critique via email . Please contact her for more information. Read more
Top 10 Online Figure Drawing Resources For Beginner Artists
So you are interested in becoming an expert at drawing and painting the human figure? You have certainly found the right place! I thought it would be a good idea to find the best resources and information on 
figure drawing and put it all together for you in one easy location for easy reference. Below are what I feel to be, some of the best resources for helping you learn how to draw the human body.
Figure Drawing Resource 1
Ebook: Figure Drawing Secrets
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This newly released work called “Figure Drawing Secrets” by Victor Perard is the quickest and easiest way to learn figure drawing.
This amazing resource contains over 1016 detailed illustrations for you to study and learn from. Covering every single aspect of anatomy for the artist.
Artist Spotlite – Michael Saunders
Artist: Michael Saunders
Title: Glass, Flowers and Peaches
Medium: Oil (water soluble)
Dimensions: 16 x 20
Support: Canvas
Comments from the Artist: I began taking drawing lessons last winter and began painting classes early last Summer. My teacher first focussed on black and white and then color mixing before letting us paint in color. This painting is my second color painting I’ve finished to date. The subject was set up and photographed by me. I’d appreciate any feedback to help me with my next projects. I value all of your opinions. Thanks…Michael
Artist Spotlite – Manjula Singh
Artist: Manjula Singh
Location: Delhi, India
Title: Orchha Woman
Medium: Oil
Dimensions: 24″x18″
Support: Canvas
Comments from the Artist: This is my favourite and 2nd oil painting. It is based on a photograph (which I took myself) of a woman labourer working on the repair of an old palace in Orchha in the state of MP, India. I wanted to capture the dignity of the woman.
You Asked – Watercolor on Clay Board?
Today’s question comes from Lu:
“I am starting a ‘commission’ (poppies) for my brother.
The size is 18″x36″.
I found ‘clay board’ in that size. I have never worked on this type of surface before. The medium is watercolor.
Have you worked on this surface with watercolor.?? If so, do you have any suggestions. I did a large commission on watercolor canvas…I enjoyed working on a large piece and the surface also.
Would appreciate your suggestions. Thanks.”
Do you have any information that might help Lu? ?
Please leave your response in the comments box below.
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