Art Fun Cheap

When you make up your mind that you are going to draw a picture of a car you need to decide on the layout. In what way will your car be sitting, will it be a side view or a view of it from an angle? These questions need to be considered before you put [...]

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Face Painting Your Little Goblin for Halloween
Boo! Did I scare you? Well I think it’s scary that it’s almost that time of year when all our little ghosts, goblins and princesses will be roaming the streets.
As parents of young children we may be making choices for our kids about Halloween and trick-or-treating. One thing that [...]

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If you enjoy drawing or want to learn how to draw and make people laugh at the same time, then learn to draw caricatures is the site for you.
Do you have aspirations of perhaps becoming a cartoonist or caricature artist?  What if you could find a way to guarantee your artistic success.? By learning the [...]

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Someone commented recently that she had found the pencils that write a rainbow but could not find a supply of leads for them. I know how frustrating that is!
Those tricolor leads (red-blue-green in a pie wedge arrangement) are made in Taiwan, but you cannot buy them directly from the factory. They are sold to manufacturers.
Texas [...]

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First of all let me make it clear that I am not a professional artist. This means that I paint for fun and relaxation and not for money. Painting is also a means to shamelessly extract flattering comments from friends and visitors to build your ego. That said, If you are interested in painting as [...]

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By Kathleen Gresham
A year or so ago I wrote about Koh-i-Noor Magic FX pencils. The lead is a checkerboard pattern of three colors. The pencils come in several color combinations. They are great for making textured backgrounds on paper.
Since then I have found several other multicolor pencils that you may also want to look for. 
Magic FX [...]

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Pastels are generally a good medium to start painting with. They are easily accessible in the stores, art shops or maybe a local stationers. They vary in price considerably, but some really cheaply.

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You need a firm support to paint on, a selection of colours and high quality brushes. Brushes are important! You need one that is clean, has a naturally good shape, and is flexible. With a good brush you can draw freely and not simply make a certain size brushmarks.

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Once varnished the painting has a strong layer over the paint, so it is easier to handle as it can then be cleaned. If the painting is left unvarnished it may easily get damaged. As the painting dries out the oil paint tends to get duller and gives a matt finish.

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By Artfang, guest blogger
Posing your model surrounded by a few props can add much interest, dimension, and appeal to a portrait and goes a long way to describing your subject. A prop can add appreciably to the composition of the portrait. Sketching a portrait with a prop, such as a hat or even ear muffs, obliges [...]

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