Improve your Drawing and Painting Techniques with Pastel PencilsGet drawing and painting tips for finishing a portrait, working on a landscape painting, or capturing the exotic expressions of your favorite animals with the art videos of Colin Bradley, on ArtistsNetwork.tv. You’ll also learn drawing and painting tips on choosing, layering, and blending colors to create your favorite subjects realistically, such as animals, landscapes and water.
Wouldn’t it be nice to skip the difficult stages of first learning how to draw? Those face-palm moments when you make a mistake might come more often than not at the beginning, and it’s humbling to struggle. But those challenges are good for the mind and, in my humble opinion, good for the soul. It’s how we continue to grow as individuals and as a culture.
Every watercolor artist has experienced an accidental back run—when a drop of water creates a “bloom” in a freshly painted wash. But for painting leaves, flowers and trees, I like to use intentional back runs to create mottled color, a feeling of foliage and the appearance of uneven lighting conditions.
There are three types of colored pencils:Wax: Pigments are bound together with wax to create either hard or soft pencil cores (the colored part of a colored pencil). Wax-based pencils provide excellent coverage but are more prone to breakage, quick wear and debris. They also produce bloom, a coating of powdery film that appears after the color has been applied.
It’s so easy to fall into a rhythm when it comes to creativity. We find something that we like and that we’re good at, and then we do it again. And again. Before we know it, we’ve settled deep within our comfort zone. Why not? It’s safe and we get frequent gratification because we know we’re good at that particular thing.
Everyone likes to have new bling, and making your own doesn’t have to be a huge undertaking. Creating mixed-media jewelry can be as simple or as complex as you want to make it. There are countless options, no matter what your style is. Ready to get started? Here are some tips for mixed-media jewelry from top jewelry artists, and a few quick techniques to take your jewelry adventures from good to great.
