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Love Them Extra Because They're Weird

I own up to the fact that I am drawn to the portraits artist Jenny Morgan creates because they are unconventional. Yet they capture qualities of the human face and our other human qualities in ways that read very true and lifelike. I like them because...

Published 3 Apr 2013 12:12 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Oil Painting, Pastel, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Drawing Faces
Too Grown Up for Homework?

I'm not qualified to tell anyone what they should or should not do, but if I was to give us--and by "us" I mean those artistically inclined individuals who love painting, drawing, and mixed media art --a universal homework assignment, it...

Published 9 Jan 2013 12:18 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Drawing Basics, Ink Drawing, Art, ink Drawing Basics
Holiday Sweepstakes--Nuff Said!

Uh, I think I may have stumbled into an artist's dream! The Artist's Network Annual Holiday Sweepstakes is going on right now, offering awesome art prizes from the best painting and drawing product makers and service providers around. Rosemary...

Published 29 Nov 2012 12:43 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Mixed Media, sketching, Pastel, Drawing Basics, Art
Yup, My Junk Drawer Taught Me Painting

When it comes to certain creative sensibilities--awareness of color, editing a concept--I trust my judgment. I think I have pretty good instincts--maybe not in the execution of said sensibilities in an oil painting I paint myself, but I know good color...

Published 24 Sep 2012 1:21 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Mixed Media, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
What's So Hard About Sitting in a Chair?

Plenty--especially if you are trying to figure out how to draw a person in that chair. Drawing people standing up is waaaaaay more straightforward than puzzling out how to proportion and position a figure sitting down. But to draw people this way opens...

Published 24 Aug 2012 12:59 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, figure drawing, Mixed Media, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art
How Did They Get It To Look Like That?

Have you ever looked at an abstract art piece or oil painting genre scene or pastel seascape and wonder, how'd they do that?! Chances are the answer lies somewhere in mixed media. Art that tends to defy our eyes does so for a reason--it isn't...

Published 17 Jun 2012 10:14 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Pastel, Drawing Basics, Art, ink Drawing Basics
Being a Copy Cat Is a Good Thing

It's funny when you think about it but the art world is built on copying. However, unlike plagiarism in journalism or literature, copying master drawings is something many artists have incorporate into their studies for centuries because it is an...

Published 1 Apr 2012 10:32 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Drawing Basics, Art
Pharaoh, It's the Great Pyramid of the Head. Duh!

Structural drawing by Dan Thompson, mixed media, 15 x 25, 2010. Self-Portrait After Palmer by Dan Thompson, mixed media, 19 x 25, 2003. I've taken notes from a lot of art instructors and sat in or participated in plenty of drawing classes, but when...

Published 12 Feb 2012 10:11 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: figure drawing, Mixed Media, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art
I Heart Contemporary Painters Who Use Classical Methods

Artists working today that I admire most all usually have one thing in common—they have developed their own unique contemporary practice while still utilizing classical methods. I've come to realize that I have a bias for artwork that has a...

Published 5 Feb 2012 10:19 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
It Calls to Me…My Precious

Precious by Russell Irwin, paper mosaic. Okay, that might have been a little too Gollum from Lord of the Rings , but Russell Irwin's latest mixed media collage titled Precious is certainly mesmerizing because of the unusual creative process that goes...

Published 8 Jan 2012 10:17 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Mixed Media, Drawing Basics, Art
Beat Art Studio Boredom with Prompts

I love this post from Cate, the web editor of Cloth Paper Scissors , which is the mixed media sister site of Artist Daily. Enjoy! Doodles by Robin Olsen, designed by using prompts. "I'm so bored." Now there's a lament anyone who's...

Published 15 Nov 2011 2:56 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Artist Daily, Drawing Basics, Art
All the Painting Ladies

Judith and Her Maidservant by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1613, oil on canvas. I'm not one to put artist before artwork. If I like the painting or drawing, it has nothing to do with who the art-maker is. But that doesn't mean that I don't believe...

Published 16 Aug 2011 10:43 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Artist Daily, sketching, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Rembrandt-Inspired Etching Experiment

I’m always ready for a museum trip, so when my friend asked me to come along and see a Rembrandt drawing show I jumped at the chance. Looking back, the detail that still sticks out to me is the beautiful, delicate line of Rembrandt’s etchings...

Published 7 Jun 2011 12:44 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Drawing Basics
It’s Like Coupon Clipping...But Not

When I was a kid, my mom always cut coupons on Sunday morning. I’d sit beside her and do the same, but I’d flip through magazines and newspapers and cut out pictures I liked or lettering that I thought was neat, and I never gave up my artsy coupon clipping habit because it’s a great way to pull inspirational images into my orbit.
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Published 26 May 2011 10:40 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Mixed Media, figure painting, Artist Daily, Pastel, Drawing Basics, Art
Make Drawing a Part of the Art Journaling Process

An ink drawing from an artist's journal. Art journals are a hot trend right now for mixed media artists, and one that I'm especially attuned to. I love art journals. They are akin to sketchbooks, but usually have a lot more finish to them--as...

Published 12 May 2011 12:02 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Mixed Media, Artist Daily, Drawing Basics, Art, ink Drawing Basics

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