Blog posts about art making
Are you a beginning artist looking to build your skills? This step by step video tutorial of a misty forest is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to use layers, opacity, blending, and more! It’s fairly easy, yet produces a really cool result! It also emphasizes the use of atmospheric … Read more
If you are a beginning digital art who is learning how to use layers, brush tools and more, this is a really fun activity for you! For this activity, I use an awesome free program called kleki.com. I really love this program because it doesn’t distract new users with a TON of functions and options. … Read more
As artists, it’s completely common to hit a creative block. Whether you are simply feeling a little down, uninspired or overthinking it all, it can really affect your creative drive. One method I like to use to kick start my art is creating a symmetrical flow drawing. It is also a great activity to build … Read more
Did you know artists of the past used a tool called the camera obscura to enhance the realism in their artworks? The great Johannes Vermeer is one of the most notable painters who used this tool. A camera obscura projects an image of the subject onto a surface so the artist could trace it. My … Read more
Step by step tutorial of how to draw a fun perspective drawing from an “alien’s point of view.”
If you are new to digital drawing, it can be overwhelming trying to decide what program to use. There are so many fantastic programs with so much capability. There is one free program that I’ve found to be a perfect introductory tool for beginning digital artists…. www.kleki.com! As an art teacher, I’ve seen so many … Read more
Etching away on a piece of scratchboard is so satisfying to me. It creates instant contrast of black and white to make eye catching artworks. This post is going to teach you all about scratchart, materials needed, show you how to create an etching from start to finish. Also, there is a video tutorial! What … Read more