The Art of Art
Raisin Head Drawing
This is really a fun technique you can use to practice your drawing and also do some interesting pieces of work. Some people refer to this type of drawing as a raisin head drawing. You have to have someone willing to sit for 20 or 30 minutes, but once you get the hang of it [...]
“Drawing on the Right Side of The Brain”
One of the best books I have read that helped improve my mind set about drawing and art is “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” by Betty Edwards. It is “a course in enhancing creativity and artistic confidence” as it says! Over the years, (The edition I have was done in 1999), I [...]
Gesture Drawing
Gesture drawing is a great way to practice the art of putting energy in your art work. When doing gesture drawing you are trying to capture the movement or energy of your subject, not what it looks like. Gesture drawing is typically done quickly, capturing the motion or nonmotion, the “gesture”. Don’t get bogged down [...]
Grapevine Arts Project Summer Show and Sale
This past week we set up at the Grapevine Arts Project Summer Show. Displaying our work in an outdoor show in the Texas heat was challenging but well worth it. We meet so many people and had a great time talking with everyone. Set up began at 2:00 and took almost all of the two [...]
In the Beginning, Collage
The world of collage is like an amusement park, there is something for everyone. I don’t think any other creative medium is as accessible to people of all ages and skill levels as Collage. It is friendly and non-intimidating to a beginner and opens up a whole new world for the experienced artist. I love [...]
Contour sketching
I believe as an artist we have to continually work on our skills, and one of the best ways to do that is to draw. You should always be drawing. I try to keep a sketchbook handy at all times. One of my favorite types of sketching is contour drawing. This type of drawing is [...]
Introducing Twin Mix
Karen Rester and Sharen Chatterton would like to announce the first two in a series of collaborative works, “Twin Mix”. As twins growing up together, we have always been the best of friends and as artists, we have always wanted to do something together. This inspired these works, appropriately called “Twin Mix”. Each piece of [...]
Creativity in All of Us
Ahh the elusive creative self. Some people believe you are either born creative or you are not. There is also the train of thought that there is creativity inside of all of us, we just have to let it out. I.A. Taylor defined five levels of creativity in his book “ The Nature of the [...]
Being a Better Artist
When I am working on a piece of art, there is a process I go through. First I determine what the image is that I want to create. What materials I will use, what back ground will work best, what part will be in paint and what part in collage. Just like the process of [...]
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