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“How can I find my creative self, a way to discover my own style?” Every artist in their own way seeks liberating experiences, and in the quest for their artistic success, asks this question. fearing to be different, some never … Continue reading

Here at Art Center Information, we have often been asked about the proper way to portray reflections. Reflections are images bouncing off an object and reaching your eyes indirectly such as by bouncing from a shiny surface, mirror, water, or … Continue reading

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I’ve always been in awe of artists that depict a mood or create an emotion in their paintings, while remaining realistic enough, yet not restricted by rules defining what something should look like. Most of my life I spent in … Continue reading

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Many artists find it difficult to market themselves. However, if you are to reach people outside of your comfort zone of friends, family, and colleagues, you must promote yourself to a wider network. The kind of effort required for promoting … Continue reading

Tip 1:When attempting to show your art, there is no place like home. By home I mean the city you live in. Look around and use your “art” eyes to discover the art community around you. Make it a challenge … Continue reading

When considering effects of perspective on the human body, the horizon line usually represents the furthest visible distance and is at the viewers eye level. An artist decides arbitrarily where to place the line and it is usually decided according … Continue reading

Sometimes, creating mood in your painting is in the composition, and sometimes it is in the use of color. Sometimes, it works best when it is both. You can’t help but appreciate the alone and helpless feeling one senses in … Continue reading

It was not Edward Hopper’s painting, Gas, that inspired my painting, The Old Woodie, but it was much of Edward Hopper’s works together that did. Edward Hopper was an artist in the Realist tradition, painting passionately his interpretation of the … Continue reading

The contrast of dark values against light ones creates the illusion of three-dimensionality. This is needed to portray believable forms. Often, nature will present the artist with conflicting light sources that can destroy the illusion of form. Random spots of … Continue reading

For those that have been following my blogs, you know I have spent the past three months working on a painting I call the “Old Woodie.” Before beginning to paint, I did several thumbnail sketches and then drew the painting … Continue reading