How To Draw Realistic Hair – Video Tutorials
I found a couple of excellent videos today on how to draw realistic hair by artist Darrel Tank. Darrel is an amazing artist and author of the website: http://www.fivepencilmethod.com/. Darrel has perfected a unique technique for drawing amazingly realistic portraits and I invite you to visit his website above to learn more about him and his portrait drawing techniques.
Below are two videos Darrel created that demonstrate his technique on how to draw realistic hair in your portraits. I know his techniques are going to be a huge help for beginners who are struggling with portrait drawing, especially with drawing hair. Enjoy !
How to Draw Realistic Hair Demo | Part 1 of 2
Charcoal Drawing Basics & Techniques For Beginners
Just starting out with charcoal drawing? Looking for some good tips to help you get started? The following is a series of videos collected from YouTube that covers some of the basics, techniques and other great tips for beginners interested in getting started in the charcoal drawing medium. Enjoy!
Charcoal Drawing Basics : Art Supplies for Charcoal Drawing
This first charcoal drawing lesson talks about the supplies you are going to need to get started, like pencils, blending tools and erasers. Thanks to William Cotterell from Expert Villiage for making this video. William Cotterell graduated in Seattle where he has been Art Director, Creative Director, and Senior Designer and Visual Communications for various national firms.
Artist Spotlite – Pete Fairweather
Artist: Pete Fairweather
Location: South-West Scotland
Title of Artwork: Shell
Dimensions of Artwork: Approx. 210mm x 145mm
Medium: Acrylics
Support: Masonite
Website: http://peter-fairweather.co.uk
Describe this Piece: I made this piece for an exhibition about the Scottish coastline for which I produced several series of paintings. I named the series from which this piece comes “Flotsam & Jetsam” because it focused on found objects that had been washed up on the shore.
I loosely painted in the shell then applied a heavy gesso (to retain the brush strokes) in the surrounding background. Multiple coats of acrylic washes were then used over the gesso, rubbing each coat down with wire wool before applying the next. Finally I worked into the shell with thick bodied acrylics.
The end result, unfortunately somewhat lost in the photography, was that the shell took on a three-dimensional appearance and the background had a deep satin lustre . I enjoy using various styles, subjects and media for my paintings, but I invariably return to detailed studies of elements within an environment. My preference has always been to use acrylic paints for such work but I also like to experiment with mixed media, including digital.
You Asked – Displaying a Pastel Painting
Today’s question comes from Marie and she writes:
“I have recently been experimenting with oil pastels and have achieved some good results. Do the pastels ever completely dry and how are they to be displayed? I see there is a fixative for them… must they be shown under glass? I’d like to use them in some of my mixed media paintings and just seal them.”
Do you have any information that might help Marie? Please leave your response in the comments box below.
Thanks!
Watercolor Drybrush Technique by Ottorino de Lucchi
About Ottorino
OTTORINO DE LUCCHI, born in Ferrara, works in Folgaria (Trento). In recent years, he has developed a painting technique based on watercolor drybrush which allows to mantain the brightness of the watercolor.
To learn more about Ottorino and to see more of his work, please visit his website by following the link below:
http://www.ottorinodelucchi.com
Watercolor Drybrush Technique by Ottorino de Lucchi
Watercolor drybrush is an unconventional artistic technique. It creates unique painting effects that are not produced by other methods. It requires practice and skill and a good deal of patience, perseverance and inclination to experiment .
Acrylic Painting Demonstration by Faith Puleston
About Faith
I was born and raised in Wales UK and studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. I came to Germany to pursue an operatic career as a mezzo soprano and sang over 100 opera roles, including title roles such as Carmen, Joan of Arc and Oktavian in Der Rosenkavalier. Other professional occupations have include voice teacher, chorus director, language teacher and writer.
I have been writing stories plays and poetry, making music and painting for as long as I can remember. Most of my early poetry has been lost. Serious dedication to painting followed from the year 2000 to fill in the spiritual vacuum left from no longer working in the theatre. The empty canvas is like a stage. It’s up to the performer to give it life and light!
Paintings can be seen on my website at http://www.faithpuleston.net as well as numerous other online venues such as my blogs: http://faithart2010.blogspot.com , http://faithpuleston.blogspot.com/ (the main one) and http://fapj.blogspot.com/ (extra for writing).. Enjoy your visits to my online premises, but please remember that all my output is protected by copyright.
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