“Sky’s the Limit” is from a Facebook gallery of cloud paintings collected by Anne McGurk. Is there a painting you’d like to add to the collection? Let us know!
1. Do not wait for inspiration. 2. Do not let yourself get interrupted. 3. Find your focus. 4. Work to build a following, and your reputation. 5. Be patient. Be tenacious. Be dedicated. Success does not happen quickly. 6. Use a schedule. Be organized. 7. Finish your work. 8. Put away the “how to” books …
[image_with_animation image_url=”9488″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] This is the third part of a multi day series, sharing work by my beginning figure drawing classes. Many of these students have never taken a drawing class before, nearly all of them are new to figure drawing. Rather than learning one style, we study a different approach every …
Edvard Munch’s iconic painting The Scream has been given a lot of attention. It’s one of the most iconic paintings in popular culture. It’s inspired countless spin-offs, and it’s on every schwag-tastic bit of kitsch. My cell phone has a Scream emoji. The original painting (1893 version made with oil, tempera, and pastel on cardboard) …
You are 2/3 the way through our 30 Day Challenge. To see what you missed in the past 19 days, click here. Today we have transcription challenge. For this, make something inspired by Winslow Homer’s “The Herring Net” (oil on canvas 30 1/8 × 48 3/8 in). What’s a transcription? In art, to transcribe is to copy or …
Sky’s the Limit
“Sky’s the Limit” is from a Facebook gallery of cloud paintings collected by Anne McGurk. Is there a painting you’d like to add to the collection? Let us know!
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