Comments on: Oil Painting Art Course – Is Using Photographs OK? Edgar Degas and Norman Rockwell Thought So http://www.artinstructionblog.com/oil-painting-art-course-is-using-photographs-ok-edgar-degas-and-norman-rockwell-thought-so Free art lessons & tips on a variety of different mediums including oil painting,watercolor,acrylics and more! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:01:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: alicia8522 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/oil-painting-art-course-is-using-photographs-ok-edgar-degas-and-norman-rockwell-thought-so/comment-page-1#comment-14127 alicia8522 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:37:53 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1517#comment-14127 You are right. Just go by your thoughts, and you will make great paintings. You are right. Just go by your thoughts, and you will make great paintings.

]]> By: Dustin Strong http://www.artinstructionblog.com/oil-painting-art-course-is-using-photographs-ok-edgar-degas-and-norman-rockwell-thought-so/comment-page-1#comment-12572 Dustin Strong Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:52:19 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1517#comment-12572 You pose many great points in this post. In my experience, it's best to paint from life as mush as possible. However have to only agree that using photos is a fine method. Whatever gets the job done! Most of my paintings have used photos for referance that I took myself of the subject. Although, there is no mistaking the paintings I did from life. There's are several tricks to using photos that many painters ,especially when starting out, miss. The one mistake I see more than ever and most obvious is using photos taken with a flash. I always turn the flash off and flood my subjects in natural light when taking reference photos. Anyway, great post! Cheers! .-= Dustin Strong´s last blog ..<a href="http://oilpaintinglife.blogspot.com/2009/07/art-is.html" rel="nofollow">Art is</a> =-. You pose many great points in this post. In my experience, it’s best to paint from life as mush as possible. However have to only agree that using photos is a fine method. Whatever gets the job done! Most of my paintings have used photos for referance that I took myself of the subject. Although, there is no mistaking the paintings I did from life.

There’s are several tricks to using photos that many painters ,especially when starting out, miss. The one mistake I see more than ever and most obvious is using photos taken with a flash. I always turn the flash off and flood my subjects in natural light when taking reference photos.

Anyway, great post!
Cheers!
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]]> By: [ Artist ] Kristine St.Clair http://www.artinstructionblog.com/oil-painting-art-course-is-using-photographs-ok-edgar-degas-and-norman-rockwell-thought-so/comment-page-1#comment-12366 [ Artist ] Kristine St.Clair Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:00:13 +0000 http://www.artinstructionblog.com/?p=1517#comment-12366 Great article! I use opaque projectors when I do murals and I have gotten critisism from fellow artists / painters that this is not acceptable. How does one determine what is acceptable? It is a method that has always worked for me on large scale/mural projects. It saves me on money and supplies because I will not have to correct and go over spots as much. Great article! I use opaque projectors when I do murals and I have gotten critisism from fellow artists / painters that this is not acceptable. How does one determine what is acceptable? It is a method that has always worked for me on large scale/mural projects. It saves me on money and supplies because I will not have to correct and go over spots as much.

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