Painting trees and leaves Watercolor Demonstration
About Sandrine Pelissier
I grew up in France but have been living in Canada for the last 12 years, I am currently located in North Vancouver and work from a studio on Pemberton Avenue.
Watercolor is my medium of choice because of the unique way it allows me to render light. The transparency of this medium can make it look like the painting is lit from behind and the light is shining through the paper In my portraits, I like to tell stories about the people around me. I am very interested in childhood fantasy or fairy tales (I wish it would snow Flowers, Hair Balloon, Georgia, the Spanish dress and the Eclectus Parrot). I also like to induce a dialogue with the viewer in some paintings dealing more with introspection and mood (Mixed, In the studio).
Those portraits are not about likeness or knowing the people that are being painted, as I see my models as actors in a movie, they are the faces that will allow me to tell a story or to show emotions. Those faces are a source of endless fascination and I find the subtlety that can be achieved with watercolor well suited to the complexity of the human face.
My technique involves the accumulation of many transparent layers of watercolor. Then I like to incorporate mixed media in the background, work sometimes with some contouring. I also sometimes like to add some drawing on top of the painting or some graphic elements…
Oil Painting Wildlife Demonstration
About Shalese
Ever since I could hold a pencil, I have had a love of drawing and animals. So it was only natural that I combine my two loves. My passion for art has only grown throughout the years and my love of animals has kept up with it. When my family and I took a vacation to Yellowstone in 2009, my inspiration skyrocketed. We were able to get very close to a large bull elk—something I’ve never done before but had always wished to experience. I discovered the sublime in a powerful way, a feeling I hope is portrayed in all my art. From that point on, I have wanted to excel in the field of wildlife art while continuing my passion for equestrian art. I have recently graduated from Northwestern College in St. Paul with a B.A. in Studio Art and hope to make wildlife/equine art my full time profession.
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Acrylic Painting Mediums – How to use Soft and Coarse Pumice Gel
About the Artist
I’m Will Kemp, I’m an award-winning professional artist and teacher.
Prior to painting full time I’ve worked in Museums, taught in schools, set up and ran my own gallery for 5 years and have taught hundreds of people to paint and draw.
I’ve studied Classical atelier techniques in Italy alongside conceptual art at the Tate Gallery, London.
How To Take Beautiful Safari Images
One of the goals of most photographers is to save enough money and go on Safari. Going on safari needs careful planning and acquiring of the proper gear to maximize a once in a lifetime trip. Coming home with the best images of real Wildlife is every photographerís ultimate trophy.
Before, the word safari was defined as a big game hunt using guns to kill and hunt animals. Today, the word safari is an expedition where tourists have the chance to observe and photograph animals in the wild.
What I want to share with you today is some of the most important information you need to know if you are planning to go on a safari shoot. I will give you tips, techniques, and equipment suggestions to ensure you’re well prepared for such a memorable journey.
But before we discuss the photography side of your trip, letís first talk about the trip itself. The very first thing you must do is research everything that you can about the place you’re about to visit. A good idea is to ask help from a travel agent or ask friends who have been there for firsthand information. Although safaris are tourist friendly, there are still some restrictions and regulations that the African government upholds so make sure that you follow their laws. Knowing what to expect will make your traveling easier smoother and a lot less complicated, so take the time to read some books and articles online.
Learn how to use Acrylic Gels and Mediums
About the Artist
I’m Will Kemp, I’m an award-winning professional artist and teacher.
Prior to painting full time I’ve worked in Museums, taught in schools, set up and ran my own gallery for 5 years and have taught hundreds of people to paint and draw.
I’ve studied Classical atelier techniques in Italy alongside conceptual art at the Tate Gallery, London.
Shooting Great Images With Low Light – Understanding Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO Readings
When I was only just beginning photography, I decided to look up the definition of photography. As I remember, photography comes from two Greek words “photos” (light) and “graphos” (to write). So once I’d understood photography from it’s routes “write with light”, I instantly realized the importance of having excellent light sources when taking pictures.
As I had progressed in the field of photography I did have some initial great success with capturing daytime pictures, but as the sun was going down, my pictures seemed to look worse and worse, and I soon realized that I didnít actually know how to shoot great images without an effective light source.
I often found myself taking bad pictures indoors too, especially when my subject was covered by shadows, and similar to outdoors conditions when the sun was going down. So If you like me really want to pursue photography, as a hobby or as a profession, you will be encountering such poor lighting instances, but as not all low light situations are the same, we will need to explore the essence of light a bit more.
It goes without saying that everyone starts photograhy as a newbie and somehow most of the people I know did have the same problem when they first started out learning about photography, ie: they didnít know how to take amazing pictures in low light conditions. But, every skill can be learned with a little patience, practice, and some knowledge, so to save you time from having to find out what you will need to know, I have put together the following light pointers, which certainly helped me to get on course.
Lesson on Painting Rocks with Watercolor
About Steve Fleming
Good art is the result of hard work and dedication. It only happens when the artist finds his or her own story to tell and then learns to do so with his or her own unique language.
I am an artist who works in watercolor and acrylic, and I teach both for The Art League in Alexandria, Virginia, as well as workshops across the country and abroad. My goal as an artist is to be creative; my goal as a teacher is to help my students learn to interpret the world around them, not to promote the belief the goal of art is the perfect rendering of a subject. One of my core messages: art is a creative process and is not just the sum total of the work we sell. In this era of digital cameras, I caution artists to look — really look both inside and outside — for the subject matter that lights our artistic fires. Otherwise, our work will be lacking everything but technique.
Oil Painting Underpainting Tutorial
About the Artist
Terry knows she is doing what she was meant to do. After graduating from the University of Central FL with a BFA in Graphic Design she had an interesting and varied art career, working in the imprinted sportswear, gaming and publishing industries as well as courtroom sketch artist.
Since devoting herself to painting full time in 2005 her work has won numerous awards and been widely published and collected.
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How To Photograph A Moving Baby – Baby Photography Tips And Lighting Techniques
Now if you’re ever scratching your head, while struggling to capture newborn beauty, then just relax… you just need to follow a couple of easy steps, and you’ll soon be struggling to put your camera away.
Really the main problem when photographing babies, is how to deal with movement, and even though a lot of digital cameras come prepared with a “Children Mode” setting, it will only present us of lighting problems…. so a manual setting unfortunately is not going to get the quality results we were looking for.
So, today we are going to explore the best way to capture perfect skin tone in low light conditions, whether indoors or outside. Let’s take a look at the following photography scenario of a baby outdoors in soft lighting conditions, so I would set my digital camera with a lower f stop, like an f/4 (this will help to softly blur out any background), with a higher ISO setting like 800 (this will help the sensor locate all additional light), and finally to counteract any movement we need to set the shutter speed to about 1/160.
It goes without saying that outdoors we normally manage to find enough light on a clear day, but indoors is a different scenario, so let’s go back to our digital camera, and explore the “White Balance” setting as the perfect tool to capture perfect indoor baby photos, especially if they are clothed in pale colors, when it’s well recommended to open your camera’s white balance adjustment and manually set it to an indoor setting. You see, even if you have overhead lighting, it will only reflect off bright colors, so on the other hand, the baby is clothed in bright shiny colors the light will reflect, although you will need to check your light meter readings to get the perfect result.
How to Paint Strawberries – A Watercolour Demo
About John Fisher
I was born and educated in England, graduating from the Luton School of Arts (now Barnfield College) in 1945. It was my hope to become a graphic artist, but at the end of the Second World War returning service men and women had first crack at the few jobs available, and rightly so. I took a number of jobs while I tried to break into my chosen field, and ended up being a reluctant carpenter. Many years passed and I emigrated to Canada in 1952, married a Canadian woman, started a family, and in 1955 finally started on a career which took in graphic arts, owner of my own graphics arts company, art director at an advertising agency, and careers in marketing, advertising and public relations.
I wish I could claim that my passion for art burned brightly throughout those years, but alas, the need to make a living took prominence. As with many people, I always promised myself that when I retired I would get back to painting again. That time came in 1989, when my wife and I were living the winter months in our condo in Destin, Florida. Robert Long, a talented watercolour artist, was offering private lessons from his nearby condo. He was my mentor, and made my retirement years infinitely richer.
In those days Robert taught only technique, and there were rarely more than four to six of us in those early classes. From Robert I regained my interest in photography as an adjunct to painting, and as the cliche goes – I never looked back. I have had many paintings accepted and hung in exhibitions in Florida and Ontario, where I now live. I’ve won some prizes, come first in some exhibitions, and occasionally won the Citizens’ Choice awards. But I mainly paint for fun – hence the choice of name for this site.
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