http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/learn-to-draw-blog.html The How to Draw and Paint Blog keeps you up-to-date with new additions and changes to the explore-drawing-and-painting.com web site. Subscribe here. en-us learn to draw Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:43:47 GMT Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:43:47 GMT explore-drawing-and-painting.com http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/index.html Learn to draw and paint with a fine art artist and develop your own artistic language. Then go beyond techniques, become a better painter! Sun, 23 Oct 2011 05:42:37 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/art-composition.html Discover Six Art Composition Structures For Better Painting Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:38:52 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/which-watersoluble-oils-are-better-ill-tell-you-whats-not.html I just started to paint again after 6 years and had to decide which w/s oils to buy so I can paint indoors with the windows closed. I had to order them Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:36:07 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/josephine-code-vii-code.html VII CODE is an unfinished portrait of Queen Josephine by Pulis (1784 -1813), David’s student. It always draws our eyes not only by its wonderful painting Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:32:24 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/how-to-paint-shadows.html Learn how to paint shadows with ease. There are two types of shadows: cast shadows and form shadows. Both are affected by the light temperature and environment around the subject. Use these simple m Thu, 22 Sep 2011 18:07:20 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/art-magazines.html Become inspired by art magazines Thu, 22 Sep 2011 02:13:06 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/how-to-paint-landscapes-1.html Learn how to paint landscapes using four value range design in all weather conditions, Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:03:55 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/learn-Oil-Painting.html Should you learn oil painting or watercolor first? Learn oil painting as your first medium, because it will help you to master the fundamentals of painting. After that, the rest of the mediums shoul Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:19:30 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/framing-tips.html Appropriate framing can really enhance a painting's impact, while lackluster framing will tarnish even a good painting. Use my framing tips to save on cost while still flattering your artwork. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:38:00 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/paint-light-colorful-whites.html Learn to inject color into your whites to create more brilliant light. Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:33:39 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/painting-skin-tones.html Painting skin tones, regardless of your medium, only takes a bit of understanding about color mixing. You can easily master matching your subject's flesh colors. Read this page to learn the basic tec Thu, 23 Jun 2011 19:18:12 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/its-all-whats-underneath-reflected-above.html My motto: When emulating God's creation we fail, but still create. My palette started with a random placement of colours; when I first started painting. Fri, 06 May 2011 21:11:39 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/winsor-newton-artisan.html As much as I respect Winsor & Newton products, I don't recommend their Artisan line of paints. Especially if you are already an oil painter and used to Fri, 06 May 2011 21:10:14 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/stick-with-the-professionals.html Although many brands have popped up recently, only Holbein makes a true professional line of water soluble oils. Holbein's Duo Aqua line is indistinguishable Fri, 06 May 2011 21:09:34 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/how-i-clean-brushes-when-using-h2o-soluble-oil-paints.html In a brush cleaner (a jar with a metal coil in it) I mix a very small amount of laundry soap with warm water. This dissolves the paint out of the brush. Fri, 06 May 2011 21:08:20 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/modeling-with-5-values-from-the-local-color.html Hello, What I have found working well is to choose a local color for a form you want to paint and to use this mixture as a base for making 5 values. Fri, 06 May 2011 21:07:27 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/landscapes-the-quick-and-simple-way-to-paint-oils.html One of my favorite tricks to oil paintings is to paint on top of a pre-toned surface ideally with acrylic since the drying time is fast. I tone my surface Fri, 06 May 2011 21:05:37 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/transfer-drawing-to-canvas-without-using-a-grid-best-for-portrait-painters.html I am an oil painter who works mostly from photographs. Since I don't use copal in my mediums and I don't like waiting for them to dry, I am always working Fri, 06 May 2011 21:01:08 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/oil-painting-medium.html I've developed a painting medium that I thought I'd pass on to others. I mix water-mixable linseed oil, water-mixable quick dry (alkyd) medium, and water Fri, 06 May 2011 20:57:09 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/cleaning-water-soluble-oils-from-brushes.html I love water soluble oils. The best way to clean brushes is with Murphy's Oil Soap, the liquid used for wood floors. It gets paintbrushes thoroughly Fri, 06 May 2011 20:53:04 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/painting-skies.html I experimented with reeves water mixable oil paints also water mixable linseed oil and medium for the first time. While painting skies, I didn't use a Fri, 06 May 2011 20:51:53 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/watercolor-lesson-1.html This watercolor lesson walks you through painting a rose using glazing and simple washes Thu, 05 May 2011 02:11:37 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/creativity.html Creativity does not require talents. It takes desire, determination and perseverance. Have faith in your art and be patient with how the creative process evolves. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:38:28 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/watercolor-painting-instructions.html Access effective watercolor painting instructions to begin learning or to improve your skills. Here are some recommendations for economical watercolor painting resources. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:45:14 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/watercolor-art-supplies.html Discover what you need for watercolor art supplies and shop for the best price. Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:53:31 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/watercolor-painting-techniques.html Learn the watercolor painting techniques to create textures. There are dry brush, wax resist, scratching, salt and spattering. Many possibilities are available with watercolor painting. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:20:52 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/watercolor-lesson.html This watercolor lesson shows you how to create beautiful and vibrant colors that glow in your watercolor paintings through a method I call 'mingling'. Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:29:07 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/step-by-step-watercolor-1.html In this step by step watercolor demonstration , I have used all the most essential techniques to show that watercolor portraits can be done easily given the knowledge and sufficie Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:50:23 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/step-by-step-watercolor.html Through the step by step watercolor demonstration of a green bell pepper, you get to learn how to apply watercolor paints, preserve highlights and add accents. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:37:07 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/learn-watercolor-painting.html Learn watercolor painting as an exciting medium. Experience the transparency and the array of watercolor painting techniques at ease. Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:35:35 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/draw-accurately.html Discover the most effective drawing aid online and witness a speedy improvement in your drawing techniques. Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:16:03 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/how-to-paint-landscapes.html Here are a list of tips that help you understand how to paint landscapes with a sense of depth. If you embrace these principles, your landscape paintings will draw your viewers in. Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:41:23 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/holbein-duo-water-soluble-oil-paints.html I have found that the holbein DUO is of the best water-mixable oils out there. I have had great results with this line of color. They have a nice buttery Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:07:34 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/composition-art.html Learn the rabatment technique for better composition in art. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:41:05 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/harmonization-of-colours.html The choice of colours in the painting depends on the goal a painter has in mind. In every movement of painting, colours play the most important role in Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:34:30 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/tulips.html I attempted this floral abstract painting to get a feel of playing with different colours after having done “The Misty Morning”. The process that I now Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:51:33 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/the-misty-morning.html I am a novice to painting and have been learning from the internet by watching videos and browsing through instructional websites. The landscape painting Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:50:47 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/my-palette.html I learned my choice of palette from a teacher who is primarily classically trained. I have these many colors for many years. I have some brown colors, Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:50:01 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/a-limited-palette-of-6-colors1.html Hi, I have about six colors on my palette. They are titanium white, ivory black, ultramarine blue, oxide red, lemon yellow and cadmium orange. This palette Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:49:32 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/lots-of-colors.html I have about 17 colors on my palette. I love impressionistic paintings and that is how I I like to paint. I know what many people expect to see in impressionistic Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:37:11 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/share-your-oil-painting-techniques.html You are invited to share your oil painting techniques. We love to hear from what you have to say. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:29:35 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/a-combination-of-oil-painting-techniques.html I only use oil paints in my work, although I’m always trying new paints and techniques. I’m also adopting different techniques- alla prima and layering Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:50:17 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/i-love-my-water-soluble-oil-paints.html I have started to use water soluble oil paints as I began to develop some problems with the fume from the solvents. I must say that I am quite impressed Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:18:11 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/another-water-soluble-oil-paint-convert.html I have used water mixable oil paints since they came on the market, about decades ago! I can not say how much I like them. I do use traditional oil paints Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:10:34 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/max-water-soluble-oil-paints-are-my-favorites.html I have used two brands for water soluble oil paints- Grumbacher and MAX for years. They are everything they are claimed to be: they work just like traditional Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:10:17 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/oil_painting_techniques.html Got one or two oil painting techniques to share with us? Scroll down to the bottom of the article and start to type and showcase your painting with us! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:33:45 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/oil_painting_techniques.html All about oil painting and oil painting techniques Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:16:49 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/acrylic-painting-demonstration.html This acrylic painting demonstration uses the basic acrylic painting techniques to render a simple still-life set up and achieve a painterly and oil-like look. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:44:21 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/pastel-techniques-1.html Love Degas' pastel paintings of dancers and bathers? Let us learn his pastel techniques from the demo on this page. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:05:48 GMT http://www.explore-drawing-and-painting.com/about-the-site.html Curious about how the site is built, and also want to find out what motivated me and other folk like you, and made my dream of combing both passion and financial independence possible? Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:07:21 GMT