[image_with_animation image_url=”10799″ alignment=”center” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Denis Sarazhin is a Ukranian-born painter whose textured works seem to be carved out of rough flecks of color. The angular joints, and compositional habit of using a body’s limbs to divide the background remind me of Egon Schiele. Notice how his style is to start with a dark …
I found some lovely masterwork studies drawn by Fran O’Neill, but she didn’t list the paintings they were drawn from. I figured I’d make a game of it. Be the first to identify the artist and title of one of these masterwork paintings and win $50 towards a class. Fran O’Neill is teaching a landscape …
Today’s TRANSCRIPTION Challenge: Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion, by Tara To learn more about this giant Indian miniature painting, visit The Met. Post it To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal and #indianminiature so we can find your post. To find more …
Bump Hunting – A figure drawing technique in which an artist not well versed in anatomy compensates by looking for subtle bumps in the model’s contours. These bumps can be slightly exaggerated to articulate bones, tendons, fat, and muscles beneath the surface of the skin. V-cabulary is a new dictionary of invented art terms that would not …
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Today’s TRANSCRIPTION Challenge: Maharana Sarup Singh Inspects a Prize Stallion, by Tara To learn more about this giant Indian miniature painting, visit The Met. Post it To be eligible for prizes (yes prizes!) at the end of the month, post your work to Instagram with #30sal and #indianminiature so we can find your post. To find more …
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