I used to have a love hate relationship with portraits and I guess its the level of detail that you need to create a convincing likeness that is key to a image that looks like the sitter. I created my self portrait using a photo as a starting point. I know using photos is frownedContinue reading “Mastering Portraits for Beginners: Transforming Photos into Art | Unique Sketching Technique”
Tag Archives: Ink And Pastel
Creating a Tree Collage with Ink and Pastel
Today’s 64 Million Artists January challenge is called find a tree and is a celebration of our wooded friends. I’m going to create this tree using collage, ink and pastel. I find this combination of materials very easy too use. The matt qualities of pastel work well with ink and collage elements add a frameContinue reading “Creating a Tree Collage with Ink and Pastel”
Beginner Monotype Magic – A beginners guide to inky sketches!
I love to add new techniques and materials to my art work. Todays 64 Million Artist challenge is to learn something new! An excellent opportunity to delve into my favourite art tutorial book and try out a new idea! Dawn Emerson’s Pastel Innovations is an excellent book full of exercises with ink and pastel. I’mContinue reading “Beginner Monotype Magic – A beginners guide to inky sketches!”
Rev up for the Dukes of Hazard in Collage!
I loved the Dukes of Hazard when I was little. It was exciting and had a fast car, which as a small boy was a very thrilling way from children’s tv shows to adult tv shows. Today’s 64 Million Artists challenge is to create a poem. As you know I am not a great poet.Continue reading “Rev up for the Dukes of Hazard in Collage!”
Let’s get wordy with Gargolyles!
Today’s 64 Million Artists prompt is to take a word and make it beautiful! The literal interpretation would mean using calligraphy – but I m going to show you how to master the technique of collage. The word I am going to use is gargoyle. I’m going to try and make it beautiful using aContinue reading “Let’s get wordy with Gargolyles!”
Exploring Numbers in Art | A Creative Experiment Inspired by Michael Soltis! | 64 Million Artists Challenge
I had to research today to find an artist using numbers to make sense of the 64 Million artists January Challenge – An Important date! Todays task is going to be a complete experiment in my sketchbook using a mixed media approach. I did some research into artists using numbers in art and found MichaelContinue reading “Exploring Numbers in Art | A Creative Experiment Inspired by Michael Soltis! | 64 Million Artists Challenge”
