Archive for the ‘Art Techniques’ Category
Making a Fine Art Painting – Which is Best Acrylic Paint Or Oil Paint?
Trying to decide which type of paint to use to paint your next art masterpiece? Should you go with the tried and true oil paints, or should you try the newer medium of acrylic paint? Each of these types of paints has their pros and cons which you should investigate so that you can choose the medium that suits your painting style. You are the artist, you make the call.
Oil paint, the traditional medium, is basically powder pigments mixed with clear linseed oil. This paint is slow drying and for that reason is perfectly suited for blending colors together smoothly with plenty of time to contemplate the painting’s progress and still have time to edit and adjust the image before the paint dries. Another plus of oil paint is the luminous quality of the paint which is achieved from the linseed oil medium which allows light to pass through the paint and bounce thereby illuminating the paint on the surface. Additionally, oil paint has been proven to be the most permanent medium for fine art painting. Most paintings on canvas and wood were made with oil paint from early Renaissance times until the 1960′s when acrylic paints were introduced.
Originally posted 2009-02-14 21:48:00.
Using Magic Markers – From the Drug Store Specials to Professional Artists’ Markers
There’s much more to magic markers than just being used for labeling things or highlighting a book passage. Using them effectively can be a beautiful form of art. As an illustrator, I use them frequently in projects, because of their bold colors that stand out and get noticed. Here is some information on using them to produce work you’ll be proud to show others.
Not all markers are created equally
Originally posted 2009-10-25 18:32:00.
CG Art Is Quickly Replacing The Old Artists Tools
The world of art has been invaded by the computer age and its’ many inventions. Artists are now finding themselves in a situation where technical knowledge of computers and programming is becoming as necessary as their artistic instinct. One program alone, Maya by Alias, uses over 1000 predesigned commands and allows for the infinite creation of your own through their proprietary coding language MEL or (Maya Encoded Language). Artists are now being called upon to write “scripts” to make their functionality and productivity more efficient. This efficiency is the key to being profitable as a digital artist. These artists are being pummeled with a myriad of new tools which they can achieve amazing results with.
Tools such as Photoshop and Gimp allow artists to work with layered and editable media. They no longer have to cover up their oil paint with another layer, and worry about distorting the textures. They can now create digital art with as many layers of contrasting color, light and detail as they can imagine. They can reproduce their art in massive quantities and make it accessible to the general public. They can advertise their art for sale on the web with low resolution “teaser images” and can sell their work as a digital download. Some artists still want to see their work printed.
Originally posted 2009-09-04 20:41:00.
