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When starting out learning a skill, it can be easy to give up, compare yourself to others who are far ahead of you or think that you will never be good enough.
But here’s the thing: Everyone star...
Understanding the Difference Between Oil and Acrylic Paints
One of the most common questions I receive as an art teacher is, "What is the difference between oils and acrylic paint?" So, to preface, I...
It’s been ten years since I started teaching art and it’s been quite a journey!
I started teaching because the common sense thing to do was teach art, as I was good at art. But teaching art and c...
In this blog post we will be going through different ideas for paintings to use and how to troubleshoot questions that participants may have.
In our last blog post, we went through how to know you a...
In this blog post we will go through how to choose the right image to use for a paint party and how to conduct one successfully.
My three markers to know if you have chosen a successful image are:
...How to run a paint party: Part 1
So here’s the deal: I don’t enjoy running paint parties as much as I enjoy teaching consistent classes each week, as I find you really have to simplify what you are t...
The third part of mixing colors: Understanding the intensity of a hue
How do we know how to dull bright colors?
So let’s start with this: You can’t make colors brighter-the pigment you have in th...
Stage two of mixing a color: Determining the value.
In our last post, we discussed the first part of mixing colors and went through what pigments you need to mix any color. We narrowed it down to nin...
So in our last post we discussed, the steps you need to take to become a professional artist. We discussed how it's a journey and it takes time, but it’s so rewarding to see your skills become better ...
Now, that’s a hard one to answer, but let’s try.
The easy way to learn to paint is to follow tutorials and complete as many paintings as you can and pray to G-d that He bestow you with an insane tal...
So, how do you learn to draw?
Here are two simple exercises to train your brain to draw what you see and not what you think.
In today’s post I am going to go through two different exercises you can ...
There is this big misconception when it comes to understanding art and who can create art. For many, the concept that art is only for the ‘talented’ is what they believe to be true.
From my years of...