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An All-Or-Nothing Proposition?

One of the best conversations I’ve had about art wasn’t with an artist. It wasn’t with an art historian, curator, or gallery owner, either. It was with a mechanical engineer. We went from discussing his latest design project to the artfulness of historical blueprints to Leonardo’s notebooks—and I think we may have even touched on Umberto Boccioni and Futurism.
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Published 13 May 2013 12:15 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, sketching, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil
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
With Instincts Like Vermeer & Vuillard

Continuing the long line of intimists from Vermeer to Vuillard, Mark Karnes makes an alluring world out of the quietest aspects of his domestic life. Like all great painters of the near-at-hand, Karnes' work reminds us that beauty is to be found everywhere...

Published 27 Mar 2013 12:15 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
I Don't Need You Anymore

In all the painting or drawing dabbling I've done, there is always a definitive moment that divides my experiences into "before" and "after." It's the moment I realize I don't have to worry about going back because every...

Published 13 Feb 2013 12:12 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics
No One Could Beat Rembrandt

When it comes to being able to draw with a paintbrush, no one can touch Rembrandt. He was able to turn abstract brushstrokes into forms with texture, weight, and liveliness. He could turn two swipes of a painting brush loaded with white paint into the...

Published 30 Jan 2013 12:18 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, still life, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
What About Angels?

I was doubly lucky last week because I had a thoughtful discussion with a great artist, Patricia Watwood, about how most notable representational art is "real" and about what happens to artists when they are faced with stepping outside that...

Published 28 Dec 2012 12:50 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art, fantasy art
He Leaves Traces of Skin Everywhere

That sounds gross, but in the hands of contemporary painter Alex Kanevsky, it's not. As a classically trained artist, Kanevsky's painting techniques and skills are strong. But the way he chooses to paint--in patches and broad swaths that lend...

Published 21 Dec 2012 12:26 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, figure drawing, Oil Painting, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art
Get Outta Here, Hallmark!

No need to buy a holiday card from the card shop or grocery store when you are as capable with paint and pencil, collage and design, as all of us at Artist Daily. This year, help us ring in the holiday season by participating in our Move Over Hallmark...

Published 15 Nov 2012 4:34 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Learn It, Then Forget It

A long time ago I read a quote from artist Nathan Goldstein and it has always stayed with me. He implied that artists are truly artists once they learn something and then forget it. I took that to mean I didn't have to study too hard in college since...

Published 12 Nov 2012 12:36 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: perspective drawing, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Know Your Model

It always makes me smile when I see an artist who loves a pet so much that the drawing or painting they do of their four-legged companion comes out a little like a tall tale, where Snowball the pet cat is drawn like a wild lion prowling the grasslands...

Published 5 Nov 2012 12:30 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, How to Draw animals, Art
Their Work Was Almost Pure Fantasy

When I use the words "fantasy pictures," I'm usually referring to all sorts of imaginative realism--not only sci-fi art or wanting to know how to draw a dragon. But bringing in a layer of fantasy to your paintings or drawings can be daunting...

Published 2 Nov 2012 12:30 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art, fantasy 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
Not Created Equal

Not all art competitions are created equal. There are some that are themed art contests, and others are more open-ended about narrative. One art competition could have an open call for artists, and another could require its participants to submit work...

Published 15 Aug 2012 1:20 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art Competitions, Art, Art Business
What's in a Nose?

I'm not telling you anything you don't already know when I say that successful portraiture is successful when the portrait artist, foremost, captures a likeness. Yes, I ardently believe that there has to be something more to the story—a...

Published 15 Aug 2012 12:21 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Pastel, Drawing Basics, Art Competitions, Art
Zero-Point Perspective—Ever Hear of It?

There's no shame in your game if you haven't heard of this kind of perspective drawing ...or lack thereof. I kind of pride myself on knowing a good bit about how to draw perspective (although my actual execution of a perspective drawing is usually...

Published 13 Aug 2012 1:16 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to draw, perspective drawing, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art

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