Well may prayers  were finally answered. I have an updated and much much faster internet services that is working great with no down time. This will let me be able to start posting more articles again. I will try and bring you guys the best in art tutorials, featured artists, free resources and much much  [ Read More ]

Hi gang I thought I would do a small article on concept art since I know some of you are interested in it. Concept art or what is some times called visual development and/or concept design is the form of illustration where you design characters, mecha, props and other things for movies, comic books, video  [ Read More ]

Hello every one I thought I would share this talk by Fred Ross from the Art Renewal Center with you. I think you might find it interesting. “ARC Chairman speaks at the Met June 7, 2001 — Fred Ross, Chairman of the Art Renewal Center, addressed a crowd of over 700 portrait artists, gallery owners  [ Read More ]

I do not normally post this kind of tech related article but I thought I would make an exception in this case since I list so many PDF art books. From the news it looks like Sony is coming out with two new models. With the cheapest one being $199 or $100 less than the  [ Read More ]

I thought it might be fun to make a list of the most over rated artists. Look at the list below and let me know who should be added or moved. # Pollock, Jackson # Warhol, Andy # Picasso, Pablo # Rauschenberg, Robert # Klimt, Gustav # Van Gogh, Vincent # Kandinsky, Wassily # Matisse,  [ Read More ]

Hey guys I am working on a list of art movements.  I will post what I have here and if you can think of any others let me know. * Abstract art * Art Brut * Abstract expressionism * Academic art * Action painting * Analytical art * Antipodeans * Anti-realism * Arabesque * Art  [ Read More ]

I am just starting to use oil paints again so I did this quick value study. Also included is a colored version I did very quickly in photoshop just to get an idea of how the values look in color.

I found a couple of fun art quizzes so I thought I would share them. 1. An artist or an ape? 2. Donald Judd, or Cheap Furniture?

For exercise C we will be using the same sight-size method as a but with a new plate.  You can download plate 2 here.  Practice on this one exactly the same as exercise A until you get it right. Then move on to D. Coming next Lesson 01 Drawing Part Exercise D.

Here is another value study.