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Drawing Basics: Does Mr. Ed Have an Advantage Over You?

It's crazy to say that horses have a visual advantage over humans, but with eyes on opposite sides of their heads, they surely don't see in three-dimensional terms like we do. There are times especially for beginners when seeing less--seeing a...

Published 3 Aug 2009 11:00 PM by Bob Bahr

Filed under: drawing, Drawing Basics, how to draw, plein air, How to Paint
Drawing Basics: The One Rule We Hear More Than Any Other From Art Teachers

Very few rules are absolute in art. But one rule keeps popping up in our magazines, quoted by art instructors and artists of all types...
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Published 28 Jul 2009 5:00 AM by Bob Bahr

Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, figure drawing, how to draw, still life, plein air, How to Paint
Drawing Basics: Judith Carducci's Workshop and the Benefits of Drawing and Working From Life

During a recent plein air workshop in Southern France, Judith Carducci helped students who worked with pen-and-ink, pastel, watercolor, and oil colors. The unifying themes of the 10-day class were that drawing basics are a foundation of all media and...

Published 11 Sep 2008 8:31 AM by Karyn

Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, painting, pastel, how to draw, plein air, Portrait Painting, How to Paint, Oil Painting, Ink Drawing, Figure Painting
Drawing Basics: Arlene Steinberg on Colored Pencil

Read the transcript from yesterday's live online chat and drawing tutorial with colored pencil artist Arlene Steinberg. Be sure to attend our next live chat with pastel artist Janet Monafo on Monday, June 9 at 2pm EST. 2008-05-12 11:00:03.0 Administrator...

Published 7 Jul 2008 6:18 AM by American Artist

Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, pastel, how to draw, pencil drawing, colored pencil, still life, plein air, How to Paint, shading, Artist Daily
Drawing Basics: Colored Pencil 70th Anniversary Competition Winners

We present the semifinalists in the colored pencil category. by Karen Stanger Johnston Ya Reckin by Rosemarie Rush, 2006, colored pencil, 16 x 20. First Place: Rosemarie Rush Like most of the images of Western life by California artist Rosemarie Rush...

Published 15 Oct 2007 5:29 AM by American Artist

Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, pastel, how to draw, pencil drawing, colored pencil, still life, plein air, How to Paint, Oil Painting, Photo Reference, Artist Daily
Drawing Basics: Woodcut Prints or Oil Paintings?

In the March 2007 issue of American Artist , Utah artist Brad Teare used a number of techniques to give his woodcut prints a fluid, organic quality that brings them closer in appearance to his plein air oil paintings . Here, we offer more the prints he...

Published 13 Feb 2007 4:53 PM by American Artist

Filed under: drawing, Drawing Basics, how to draw, plein air, How to Paint, Artist Daily
Drawing Basics: From a Roman Fountain to a South Bend Studio

In this excerpt from the fall 2006 issue of Drawing , David Mayernik discusses how copying the work of Old Masters trains his taste so he can draw and paint original work with the classical beauty he reveres. by Bob Bahr For David Mayernik , who has gone...

Published 16 Jan 2007 1:52 AM by American Artist

Filed under: drawing, Drawing Basics, how to draw, plein air, How to Paint, Oil Painting
Drawing Basics: Preserving the Landscape in Colored Pencil

Ohio artist Linda Wesner depicts American scenes that are quickly disappearing because she feels it is important that the viewer recognize the universal theme of change. by Bob Bahr Light Along the Hudson 2006, colored pencil, 25 x 12¾. All artwork...

Published 16 Dec 2006 5:00 AM by American Artist

Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, how to draw, pencil drawing, colored pencil, plein air, How to Paint, Artist Daily
Drawing Basics: The Emergence of Tonal Drawing

Tonal drawing--the juxtaposition of relative values, the notion of seeing masses rather than outlines--more closely replicates the way humans see than do lines. This emotional way of depicting the world has been explored since Leonardo; modern artists...

Published 16 Sep 2006 3:50 AM by American Artist

Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, figure drawing, how to draw, colored pencil, plein air, How to Paint, Oil Painting, shading, ink Drawing Basics

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