What’s in CP Magic September 2023
Featured Artist: Kim Keys Interview and Tutorial
Tips for Choosing Colors
3 Principles for Drawing a Drop of Water
Submitting Artwork: Cropping Digital Images
Drawing from Life: A Fall Challenge
Featured Artist: Kim Keys
Kim loves using colored pencils to convey the beauty of creation around her and the things she loves. Her goal with each piece is to create artwork that inspires others. Her style is more painterly than you may be accustomed to seeing, and it arises from her background as an oil painter.
In the interview portion of this issue, she talks about her life as an artist and the journey that led her to where she is today: Artist, teacher, and a source of encouragement for artists at all levels.
Kim’s tutorial is a straight forward introduction to using a reptile heating pad in the creation of art. It focuses more on the technique itself than on rendering the pumpkin, but of course, you can do both.
Also in September 2023 CP Magic!
Tips for Choosing Colors
The featured article is all about choosing colors. How do you make the right choices and how do you decide what order to apply colors?
Carrie shares some of the ways she chooses the colors for each project, then gives you a couple of tips on deciding the best order in which to apply those colors.
3 Principles for Drawing a Drop of Water
Have you ever considered drawing water (or any other reflective subject), only to change your mind because all those reflections looked so scary?
Carrie reduces the process to three basic principles with a single drop of water. Learn these principles (and how to apply them) and you’ll be better equipped to draw other reflective subjects.
Submitting Artwork: Cropping Digital Images
There some necessary details to remember when you submit digital images to any exhibit or contest. This month, Carrie talks about cropping your digital image. Part 2 in an ongoing series.
This issue also includes the Reader Gallery and a challenge for autumn. Are you ready?
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