What is it?
Today we're covering a fun topic that we've touched on somewhat before: Surrealism! Surrealism is an artistic and cultural movement that originated in Paris in the 1920's, and established a genre that artists are still exploring today. The ...
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What is it?
Pointillism is a painting technique that popped up in the late 1800's as an off-shoot of Impressionism. Essentially, pointillism uses small, distinct dots or strokes of different colors in a pattern to form an image. This technique relies ...
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Happy Tuesday! Today's post is part one of a mini-series of posts looking at the different methods artists use for reference when they're working on a painting. Essentially, there are 5 ways an artist might paint:
1. From life (this applies to both ...
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Before we start to look at this week's Technique Tuesday topic of Tonalism, we're going to start with a mini discussion of two basics that are important to understand when talking about this style. So, in case you are not yet familiar with these concepts ...
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Welcome back to Technique Tuesday! Today we're taking a look at one of the most basic and essential techniques in art: chiaroscuro.
What is it?
Chiaroscuro (pronounced "keyARo-scuro") is another art term with its roots in the Italian language. As ...
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