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Painting On Water!!

Ink, Mixed Medium, Painting | 21 May, 2013 | 85 Comments | 7 mins

This is a very interesting way to paint wouldn't you say? At his workstation an artist has in front of him a large tray of water which is surrounded by various jars of different colored paint/ink. I believe the technique is called Suminagashi as is the ancient Japanese art of painting with inks onto water to create[...]

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Angels In Art

Art Blog | 14 Nov, 2012 | 2 Comments |

The Angel of the north in Gateshead, Newcastle is Britain's largest sculpture which was designed by Antony Gormley . It has become one of the most talked about pieces of art ever produced. The site that it was built on was selected because it would be clearly seen by drivers at a rate of one[...]

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Jamie Hart: Hand Crafted Wood Sculptures Based Organically On Female Form

Advanced, Experts, Sculpture/Carving, Wood | 30 Oct, 2012 | No Comments | 5 mins

Dorset (UK) based artist Jamie Hart is interviewed by Field and Rural Life Magazine at one of his art exhibitions. He is asked questions like his inspirations for his designs and why does he use wood to essentially capture an organic female form. Hart actively goes out looking for wood,mainly oak, in its decaying state and[...]

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Michael Shapcott: Painting An Exotic Lady

Paint detailed paintings with a variety of mediums!!!

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How To Draw A Smile In Pencil From A Reference Photo

Beginner, Drawing, Intermediate, Pencil | 27 Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments | 5 mins

This artist delivers an extremely thorough 'how to' video here where you can expect to using a variety of mediums to learn how to draw a mouth, lips and teeth direct from a reference photo. The video is in four parts, the first part being the establishing and drawing of the basic shapes to form the[...]

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Jan Blencowe: How To Mix Natural Greens For Your Landscape Oil Paintng

Jan Blencowe is a professional landscape painter and delivers this fine demonstration on how to blend natural greens within a landscape painting using Chroma Interactive Acrylics. It is always impossible to find a green direct from the tube which can be used directly  in your landscape paintings, this is because they are not natural greens due[...]

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Tom Mead: Mr Meads Captain James McWolfson In Pen & Ink

Advanced, Drawing, Ink, Intermediate, Pen | 23 Oct, 2012 | No Comments | 3 mins

This video, shot over a period of two weeks, displays the awe-inspiring work of Tom Mead. The piece, titled ‘Captain James McWolfson’, shows incredible talent for detailed and intricate pen and ink work, leading to an eerie yet indulging creation. This is a strong theme for the Bath based fine art publisher ‘Fine Grime’, who[...]

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Jack Vettriano: Video Slideshow Of His Best Works

Experts, Oils, Painting | 20 Oct, 2012 | No Comments | 3 mins

This video is a still frame slideshow featuring some of Jack Vettriano's best paintings. Born in Fife, Scotland in 1951, Jack Vettriano left school at sixteen to become a mining engineer. For his twenty-first birthday, a girlfriend gave him a set of watercolour paints and, from then on, he spent much of his spare time teaching[...]

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Art Supplies For Charcoal Drawing Basics

Beginner, Charcoal, Drawing, Intermediate, Pencil | 15 Oct, 2012 | 7 Comments | 3 mins

In this video the artist discusses with you the range of different utensils available on the market which are needed to work at a basic fundamental level for charcoal drawings. He discusses the range and diversity of charcoal pencils and delivers a brief summary on each of them weighing up their pros and cons, for example[...]

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Learn How To Draw Water With Calm Waves In Charcoal

Beginner, Charcoal, Drawing, Intermediate | 10 Oct, 2012 | 3 Comments | 5 mins

This video art tutorial shows you how in quite a short space of time you can draw calm sea waves in charcoals. It is definitely geared towards the beginner to intermediate artist but I actually learned a few ideas from this video myself. Using fine willow charcoal the artist begins by applying a series of quick[...]

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Melting Crayons In The Shape Of A Heart

This is a charming little video which anybody can get involved with and shows the creation of a valentine's heart silhouette lined with ultra heat melted colored crayons to produce a rather contemporary design which is incredibly unique. Now what you will need is a glue gun, glue sticks, pre stretched canvas, a heat gun, some black acrylic[...]

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Margaret Aycock: Painting A Still Life The Impressionist Way

Advanced, Intermediate, Oils, Painting | 04 Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments | 3 mins

Margaret Aycock teaches her students the ways of the Impressionist in this time lapsed video which you will learn about some of the main elements surrounding ascertaining the composition and application of a still life in oil paints. The set-up consists of a vase, tea cup, lemons and books and the first thing to establish is the the[...]

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How To Make Stretch Bracelets For Beginners

This jewellery tutorial teaches you the methods adopted to produce stretchy bracelet using left over beads you may have from previous jewellery making activities. To make your personalised bracelet you will need flat nose pliers, stretch cord, beads of your choice with pre drilled holes and a large crimping bead so once you have all these[...]

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Tips On How To Dye Wool With A Dye Stock Solution

Mary Elburn gives us a lesson in camaj hand spun yarn in the art tutorial and how you can expect to dye your own wool with a dye stock solution. Firstly she sets up a table outside and covers it with newspaper which in turn is cover in cling film using a 'wrapmaster' for ease of[...]

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Sebastian Krüger: Live Painting Demonstration Of Michael Jackson

Acrylics, Advanced, Experts, Painting | 01 Oct, 2012 | 2 Comments | 14 mins

In 2009 fine artist Sebastain Kruger held a live painting demonstration in from front of a group of students which attend his classes, to paint a portrait of the late great Michael Jackson. He has selected to work large scale on a massive hand stretched canvas with sizing ratios complimentary for close up portraiture, and to[...]

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