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Art Accomplice: SAVE THAT BOX! Drawing and Painting on Corrugated Cardboard

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Drawing and Painting on Corrugated Cardboard. If you're looking for ways to save money on art supplies (and what artist isn't? You can prime right over the printing as long as it's not a slick laminate. To tint the primer, add a little acrylic paint to the gesso or latex house paint. Artwork done on corrugated cardboard will not be archival quality. Instead, though, you may gain a greater sense of freedom and willingness to experiment with a cardboard canvas. Conté on unprimed corrugated cardboard. Now t...

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Art Accomplice: Dear Art Accomplice: Painting a Coat-of-Arms?

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Dear Art Accomplice: Painting a Coat-of-Arms? I am a self-taught artist, commissioned to paint a family Coat of Arms.I prefer the look of the medieval black background, but cannot find many examples. Where could I find examples of old, dark paintings of Coat of Arms? And do you have any tips on painting armour? I have Winsor and Newton metallics, but they not very opaque. Showing the arms of Richard de Clare II,. Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; early 16th century. The Codex Manesse; 14th century. Anothe...

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Art Accomplice: November 2013

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Dear Art Accomplice: Painting a Coat-of-Arms? I am a self-taught artist, commissioned to paint a family Coat of Arms.I prefer the look of the medieval black background, but cannot find many examples. Where could I find examples of old, dark paintings of Coat of Arms? And do you have any tips on painting armour? I have Winsor and Newton metallics, but they not very opaque. Showing the arms of Richard de Clare II,. Earl of Hertford and Gloucester; early 16th century. The Codex Manesse; 14th century. Anothe...

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Art Accomplice: May 2013

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Scaling: Keep Artwork Proportional for Reproduction. If you are creating artwork for reproduction or print, it's important that your original art is proportional to the final print size. As an example let's use an illustration that will accompany a magazine article:. 1) crop your art which will change the composition or. 2) stretch and compress the art to fit. Your art stretched and compressed. Posted by Art Accomplice. Scale on the diagonal. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Got an art question?

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Art Accomplice: November 2012

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Transferring: How Your Sketch Becomes Finished Art. Graphite paper is an easy way to transfer a sketch. It requires no equipment and is ideal for transferring to boards and panels. It works like the old-fashioned carbon paper. Start with a piece of tracing paper (or other thin paper) and use a graphite stick or soft (4B) pencil to cover one side:. Next tape it to the back of your sketch with the graphite side out, facing away from the sketch:. The lines are transferred to your final board:. A grid works ...

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Art Accomplice: December 2013

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Drawing and Painting on Corrugated Cardboard. If you're looking for ways to save money on art supplies (and what artist isn't? You can prime right over the printing as long as it's not a slick laminate. To tint the primer, add a little acrylic paint to the gesso or latex house paint. Artwork done on corrugated cardboard will not be archival quality. Instead, though, you may gain a greater sense of freedom and willingness to experiment with a cardboard canvas. Conté on unprimed corrugated cardboard. Now t...

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Art Accomplice: Scaling: Keep Artwork Proportional for Reproduction

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Scaling: Keep Artwork Proportional for Reproduction. If you are creating artwork for reproduction or print, it's important that your original art is proportional to the final print size. As an example let's use an illustration that will accompany a magazine article:. 1) crop your art which will change the composition or. 2) stretch and compress the art to fit. Your art stretched and compressed. Posted by Art Accomplice. Scale on the diagonal. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Got an art question?

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Art Accomplice: October 2012

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Free Art History Course. If you're not familiar with Khan Academy, it is an organization whose goal is to "change education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere.". Web site gives anyone free access to their vast and growing collection of video lessons. The library of videos covers K-12 math; science topics including biology, chemistry and physics; also videos on finance and history. Visit the site at: smarthistory.khanacademy.org. Posted by Art Accomplice.

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Art Accomplice: Dear Art Accomplice: Transferring to Dark Paper?

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Dear Art Accomplice: Transferring to Dark Paper? I'm trying to transfer my drawing to dark paper but the graphite doesn't show up very well. In the Art Accomplice post Transferring: How a Sketch Becomes Finished Art. 1) Cover the back of the sketch with Conté. If you want to preserve the original sketch, make a photocopy. Here I'm transferring a photo instead of a drawing. Photo. Is too slick to take Conté so you definitely need to make. If you're using this method with a photograph. All the best,. Dear ...

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Art Accomplice: Attention Students: Know Your Charcoal and Graphite

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Attention Students: Know Your Charcoal and Graphite. There are different types, sizes and degrees of charcoal and graphite. Know the difference before you buy your supplies. Otherwise you will be at the mercy of the art store sales clerk who, inevitably, will talk you into buying the wrong thing because the thing you need is out of stock. 1) Vine and Willow Charcoal. Vine and Willow Charcoal. You can see that it comes in different sizes: thin, medium, thick and extra thick. I should mention here that vin...