How to come up with more creative creatures — Art & Crit by Eric Wayne

I’m working on developing a bat-person for the next of my more illustrational images, like my Ant Man. Normally, at least up until recently, I’d only do one drawing, and just have at it until I was finished. There’d be tons of editing, tweaking it out, and learning from mistakes, trial and error. But I’d […]

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Creative Strokes! — radhikasreflection

Ideas conceived in the creative mind envisages a vision gestates experimenting contours flirt endless sketches crumpled sheets spectrum of color fills the palette caresses the canvas with strokes bold and beautiful, delicate and sublime a creative blend unfolds prolonged labor finally births an artistic masterpiece!

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Costume Sketches 101 — sketchuniverse

Originally posted on Across the Pond and Back Again: I remember a Costume prof telling me once that you didn’t have to be a great artist to be a great costume designer. You just needed to be able to represent the body and explain how you wanted the cloth to fall on it. Even so…

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Painting over old sketches. Time to PLAY and WARM UP…. — My Life as an Artist (2)

I am often asked the question – When is a painting finished? This quote from Jidda Krishnamurti is my jumping off point for thoughts on this subject. ‘There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination and finish education. The whole of life, from the […]

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LIFE SKETCHES – PASTEL AND ACRYLIC — graham mcquade

The final life session finished last week, so here are my last live figurative paintings for a while. I have been alternating between pastel and acrylic of late rather than sticking to one medium and have ground to a halt developmentally. This imposed hiatus might give me time to work up some of these images. […]

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Azaleas and Daffodils / pastel sketches — The Plein Air Experience

What I’m really looking for is Redbud trees. I thought it’s too early, then I saw a couple on my way home starting to bloom. They’re hard to spot if they’re not blooming because they’re small twisty trees. I’ll keep looking for the Redbuds but if I can’t find them I’ll draw other flowers. This […]

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“Love people and use things because the opposite never works.” — Art of Quotation

“Love people and use things because the opposite never works.” Joshua Fields Millburn, author, movie quote from Minimalism – A Documentary About Important Things

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“I’m completely overwhelmed by the nature of our reality. We’ve been working on this version of man for a thousand years. He lives longer, he’s healthier, but…” — Art of Quotation

“I’m completely overwhelmed by the nature of our reality. We’ve been working on this version of man for a thousand years. He lives longer, he’s healthier, but he’s still an unproven product. Still the same greedy little bastard.” Duane Michaels, photographer

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