A New Sketching Kit
Guess who got a new sketching kit this week? That’s right! I did, and I want to tell you all about it and my sketching goals for the long-term.
Guess who got a new sketching kit this week? That’s right! I did, and I want to tell you all about it and my sketching goals for the long-term.
Transitioning from tutorials to your own work is necessary for any artist who really wants to advance their drawing skills. But it can look frightening. How do you begin?
Overcoming the bias against colored pencils can be a huge challenge. Many of us have learned there is such a bias. How do we deal with it?
What is the best way to decide on art sizes? Does one size sell better than another or does size not make that much difference?
Artist and guest blogger Jana Botkin shares the results of her plein air experiment with colored pencils, and her thoughts on the experience.
How important is choosing a theme for your art? Is it better to focus on one subject or is it okay to draw different subjects? Carrie shares her thoughts on this topic.
Is making good art with only 12 colors really possible? Guest blogger and artist Jana Botkin answers that question, with examples from five different brands of colored pencils.
Managing carpal tunnel syndrome is a necessary part of life for many artists, but as Jana Botkin explains, it doesn’t have to be difficult.
Jana Botkin joins us today to talk about her struggles with carpal tunnel syndrome and colored pencils. What do You do When Colored Pencils Cause Problems? by Jana Botkin For most of my life, I was a diehard graphite pencil artist, completely content with the simplicity of the medium. After …
Today I’d like to talk about something many artists see as a curse, or at least an undesirable thing. Those dreaded deadlines! I don’t know how many of my current readers know that I also enjoy writing fiction. More specifically, novels. I haven’t done much of that in the last …