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Creating Contrast As An Artist

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  • Post published:October 4, 2022
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Edge control and contrast are two of the most potent poison's in an artist's arsenal. A beautiful portrait sketch in charcoal from Steve Huston In your reference photo above, you…

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There is no perfect solution other than to get to work

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  • Post published:March 25, 2022
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My carbon paper showed up yesterday, so I've been excited all week to play with it, transferring line-art from a photo into a sketchbook, as a basis to paint over.…

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Read more about the article The ‘Van Dyck Z’ and How Art Continues to Inspire Me
Famous self-portraits exhibiting the Van Dyck Z.

The ‘Van Dyck Z’ and How Art Continues to Inspire Me

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  • Post published:March 14, 2022
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Hours and hours are spent ingesting art content – instructional videos, courses, and otherwise – as part of my creative brain's outlet. I often find myself putting on a 1-…

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New FES 1 interview at The Graffiti Museum Company

  • Post author:OPEK
  • Post published:April 24, 2020
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Just saw the homie FESTER SDK has a new interview over at the Graffiti Museum Company. As one of my earliest friends in the graffiti scene, he mentions a lot…

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The resurgence of Art & Creativity in a COVID19 World

  • Post author:OPEK
  • Post published:March 25, 2020
  • Post category:Art
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The art world has been flourishing in the past few weeks, after having been locked up (or locked down, depending on how you look at it) by the COVID19 virus…

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A Complete Society6 Product List For Your Creative Projects & Products

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  • Post published:November 29, 2019
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Try as you might, it's hard to find a full society product list, a list of all the available products a creative can make and sell easily at Society6. What…

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Inside an Artist’s Mind with Douglas Panzone

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  • Post published:November 15, 2013
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It was really cool hearing Douglas Panzone outline his artistic process, and hearing about the vulnerability of an artist when approaching his/her own work. He mentions not wanting to use…

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