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 be used in a school of respectable reputation.
This is a man who became an artist because he missed a train. He was walking in a Manchester suburb, and as he took in the scene he was overcome by an urge to paint it. He then decided to become an artist. “I don’t know why I paint these scenes, I just paint them.” What …
This is drypoint and chine-collé, a printmaking technique in which a thin or fragile piece of paper is glued to a thicker, stronger piece of paper with rice glue, and a run through the press. Janelle with kimono, drypoint chine-collé on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK. (The color is a little dark and dull in this photo, …
While we reach for the hand sanitizer and hold our breaths, our Thursday drawing/painting class has been thinking about a different kind of Corona. We’ve been studying the effects of light, especially glow. I was interested in exploring why some images seem to glow. Take the image above as an example. Why, if an all-white …
of a dull grayish-green or blue color. covered with a powdery bloom like that on grapes. Origin The glaucous effect can be achieved by putting a lighter semi-opaque glaze over a darker color. Zinc or lead white mixed with glazing medium can be effective. The effect is intensified if the darker layers are transparent pigments.
V-cabulary: Bump Hunting
V-cabulary is a new dictionary of invented art terms that would not be used in a school of respectable reputation.
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This is a man who became an artist because he missed a train. He was walking in a Manchester suburb, and as he took in the scene he was overcome by an urge to paint it. He then decided to become an artist. “I don’t know why I paint these scenes, I just paint them.” What …
Some Pretty Paintings: Chine-collé kimono
This is drypoint and chine-collé, a printmaking technique in which a thin or fragile piece of paper is glued to a thicker, stronger piece of paper with rice glue, and a run through the press. Janelle with kimono, drypoint chine-collé on 14×11″ Rives gray BFK. (The color is a little dark and dull in this photo, …
Effects of Light (Part 1)
While we reach for the hand sanitizer and hold our breaths, our Thursday drawing/painting class has been thinking about a different kind of Corona. We’ve been studying the effects of light, especially glow. I was interested in exploring why some images seem to glow. Take the image above as an example. Why, if an all-white …
Glaucous
of a dull grayish-green or blue color. covered with a powdery bloom like that on grapes. Origin The glaucous effect can be achieved by putting a lighter semi-opaque glaze over a darker color. Zinc or lead white mixed with glazing medium can be effective. The effect is intensified if the darker layers are transparent pigments.