Art Challenges  – A List By Month

Art Challenges – A List By Month

What is an art challenge? If you’ve never taken part in an art challenge, it’s basically an art project that you do for a series of days. Many art challenges are a month long or 30 days but an art challenge can be as long or short as you want it to be. There are a lot...
Mixing Colors in Oil Painting

Mixing Colors in Oil Painting

Color theory is a fundamental part of mixing colors and learning how to paint in oils and goes way beyond simply understanding that mixing red and yellow makes orange. You also need to understand the relationship between colors. By learning about color in more depth,...
How to Find Your Art Style

How to Find Your Art Style

So you want to know how to find your art style. I imagine when you have asked people how to do this they say either “you already have an art style” or “your art style will emerge over time”. While both answers are true, I also believe that you can speed up the process...
Oil Painting – How to Get Started

Oil Painting – How to Get Started

Oil painting, how to get started a beginners guide It’s an interesting fact, that while oil painting has long been considered by beginners, a complicated medium to use, it’s actually one of the easiest. It’s true, there are a few things to know about oil painting...
Use Negative Space in Art to Improve Your Drawings

Use Negative Space in Art to Improve Your Drawings

So what exactly is negative space in art? Negative space is the area around the object you are drawing. Negative space can help you find simpler shapes to draw to get your drawing proportions right. It can also help you achieve the correct relationship between items...
Hands for Drawing Reference for Artists and Designers

Hands for Drawing Reference for Artists and Designers

If you are searching for hands for drawing reference, we have some great suggestions. Hands are something that many artists find tricky to draw, so regular practice using good quality reference photos or your own hands is well worth doing. If you use your own hands,...

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