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This one will be like E but with vertical lines. First we want to start with a good size sketch pad or paper on a normal easel at a slight angle. Then using arm motion only make long strait lines from one top to bottom … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise F
For exercise E we are going to do something a little different. First we want to start with a good size sketch pad or paper on a normal easel at a slight angle. Then using arm motion only make long strait lines from one side … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise E
For exercise D we will do it exactly the same as lesson 1 exercise B but with more objects. You will need a cylinder. Replace the cube in exercise B with this cylinder. Then draw it many times from many different angles. I have also … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise D
For exercise C we will be using the same sight-size method as a but with a new plate. You can download plate 2 here. Practice on this one exactly the same as exercise A until you get it right. Then move on to D. Coming … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise C
For this exercise you will also need a simple white box. You can make one by finding something box shaped and spray painting it flat white. Or you can order them off ebay. Or you can even make your own from scratch if you are … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise B
For the first lesson will start with a basic sight-size style exercise. But note while this method will be used it will not be the only method. And it will be combined from the start with other methods. Now for a little over view. Sight-size … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise A
Well I have decided to humbly have a go at a free online art course. I will be using this blog to present each free art lesson. They will be added as I have a chance to do them but I hope to have them … Continue readingPatrick’s Free Art Course – Introduction
Christians voiced anger and dismay Tuesday after a Bible, which was part of an exhibition inviting viewers to add their reflections, was defaced with offensive and foul-mouthed scrawl. Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art has decided to put the Bible in a glass case after the … Continue readingArt News – Anger after Bible defaced in British gallery
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was a great talent but not so great a person. I early quote about him says “after a fortnight’s work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side and a servant following him, from … Continue readingFeatured Artist – Caravaggio
I don’t know about rest of you but I have always liked looking at artist’s studio. And a just ran across a link images of artist’s studios at the Smithsonian. This is a great resource for any one that’s interesting in seeing great artists studios. … Continue readingArtists And Their Studios
Mariono Fortuny is a painter I just recently discovered. His brushwork is very lively and in many ways reminds me of the impressionists. Any way below are some of his images and you can read more about him at this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariano_Fortuny_%28painter%29
Well my computer came up with a severe infection. So bad in fact I had to end up reinstalling everything. So it will probably be a day or two before I can start doing updates again. Any way just wanted to let every one know … Continue readingInfected
I have always liked the work of J. C. Leyendecker. He was a master draftsman and could do more than most artists with just a few strokes of the brush. Below are some of his finished and studiess. “Joseph Christian Leyendecker (March 23, 1874 – … Continue readingFeatured Artist – J. C. Leyendecker
Today’s featured artist is the great 19th century military painter Jean Baptiste Edouard Detaille. Below are some samples of his work and links. Links http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=63 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89douard_Detaille
Here is another value study and a colored version also.
Here is another value study.
Today’s featured artist is the 19th century Ukrainen Ilya Efimovich Repin. “His realistic works often expressed great psychological depth and exposed the tensions within the existing social order. Beginning in the late 1920s, detailed works on him were published in the USSR, where a Repin … Continue readingFeatured Artist – Ilya Efimovich Repin
The Penn Reading project this year chose a painting instead of a book. Its focusing on Thomas Eakins The Gross Clinic. And they have been kind enough to put it online for any one to see. So please take a look at the videos below … Continue readingThomas Eakins – Penn Reading Project 2009
Meissonier was probably the most famous painter of his day. His work was praised by the great painters, kings, art critics and the public. And this was at a time where new paintings were on the level of blockbuster movie premiers today. He was as … Continue readingFeatured Artists – Jean-Louis Ernest Meissonier (French, 1815-1891)
Thought I would start a sketch book category to show some of my sketches and studies. Always find it helps keep me motivated to practice:) Here is the fist value sketch in acrylics.