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, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Art Tools'
Pencil Portrait Drawing—Employing Entity In Portraits
January 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Art Tools · Drawing · Pencils · Portraits
Pencil Portrait Drawing—Stumping and the Kneaded Eraser
January 19th, 2009 · No Comments
By Remi Engels, guest blogger Once you have hatched the primary value masses of your portrait it is time to blend and “remove” the lights with a kneaded eraser. A stump is a cylindrical tool tapered at the ends and generally made of rolled paper. Stumping then is to smear or blend your hatchings with a [...]
Tags: Art Tools · Drawing · Pencils · Portraits · Sketching
Precision Applicators Save Brushes
October 3rd, 2007 · 2 Comments
To save your good brushes, use inexpensive applicators to apply glue or other substances that may be harmful or hard to wash out. At Sally Beauty Supply, for example, I found makeup applicators that are perfect for applying chalks, glue, gels, etc. Much better than cotton swabs, they are firm and precise, with no stray [...]
Tags: Applicators
Good Watercolor Brushes Can Be Cheap
September 30th, 2007 · No Comments
The brushes that come with cheap watercolors are usually just junk. Generally they are not worth even trying to use. (Save them to use for glue and other one-time uses.) That’s why, as I mentioned in Cheap, Fun Watercolors, I was surprised to find that the brush that came with Coloriffic watercolors was quite good. [...]
Tags: Art Fun · Brushes · Watercolors
