About Angela Drawn to the eloquence found in nature’s simple beauty, Canadian watercolor artist Angela Fehr has lived in Papua New Guinea, the United States and Canada. A self-taught artist, today Fehr lives with her family in northern British Columbia, Canada, where she is the home educator of her three children and celebrates the small […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration By Karin Wells
About Karin Karin Wells is an artist of amazing versatility. She graduated with honors from both the New England School of Art and Design, Boston, 1965, and the Butera School of Art, Boston, 1986. Karin has enjoyed a career as an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and sign painter. She also taught Life Drawing and Painting […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration – Gwyneth – Part 2
Click Images for Larger Views ==================================================== After I’m done with the acrylic stage (and it is completely dry), I seal the entire canvas with Winsor-Newton’s Liquin. My first layer of oil on the background. I want to create an outdoor scene. As you can see it is messy and moody and neutral. With a paper […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration – Gwyneth – Part 3
Click Images For Larger Views ========================================================== I’m starting to paint “form” into the black vest. I usually deal with black by glazing color over the flat black acrylic paint to give it a jewel tone. When that is dry I add a thin glaze of ivory black and use raw sienna to build light. Inside […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration – Gwyneth – Part 4
Click Images For Larger Views ================================================= This layer can be scary because it looks so radical…but it basically what gives the skin its luminosity. Some people start with it but I wait until the surrounding areas are well established before I use any white paint. I usually save the face until last because the skin […]
Portrait Painting Demonstration – Gwyneth – Part 5
Click Images For Larger Views ================================================= This is the time to really nail the likeness. Sometimes I tape my reference photo next to the area I’m painting. However, you must be careful with tape on the surface of the painting. The surface must be dry. I stick the tape to material first before resticking it […]
Plein Air Painting with Pastels – City of Rocks
About Jo Jo Knoblock Castillo has always had an interest in art and working with her hands. Whether it was cooking, sewing or making gifts, she was happy to be “doing”. While living in Bolivia, she finally rediscovered her love of painting. Her interest is in landscapes and paintings that have connections to her life. […]
Sensational Sketches In Six Simple Steps by Sandy Sandy
Click Images for Larger Views Light and Dark Values They Create Dimension, Drama, Texture and Shape No matter what medium or technique you use to depict your subject, always try to use a full range of values. Value is the lightness or darkness of a color. You can simplify value by thinking light, medium and […]
Painting Drips and Drops – Part #2
How to paint water drops on a horizontal surface in four easy steps. By Karin Wells This little 8″ x 10″ painting has a lot of water drops. I like to add fun (and fast) details to a dry painting surface at the end. I posted the largest file allowed for this so you could […]
Painting Drips and Drops By Karin Wells
About Karin Karin Wells is an artist of amazing versatility. She graduated with honors from both the New England School of Art and Design, Boston, 1965, and the Butera School of Art, Boston, 1986. Karin has enjoyed a career as an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and sign painter. She also taught Life Drawing and Painting […]