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Rob's Art Lessons: Easy Pastel Demo - Pears
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Saturday, September 13, 2014. Easy Pastel Demo - Pears. Charcoal stick or pencil. Pastels (any brand) red, green, orange, blue, white. Charcoal or drawing paper with vellum or laid surface. A pear, real or fake, to draw from. Charcoal sketches to start. Once I got the second sketch, I repeated it two more times on the page and then started using the pastels. I finished my bluesorange one first, but did the red-green one stopping half way to show that stage. So now let's carry this farther even if I'm usi...
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Rob's Art Lessons: March 2012
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Monday, March 12, 2012. Colored Pencil Shading and More. Today's art lesson is on colored pencil shading, especially skin tones and cylindrical objects. What do a brick silo and someone's face have in common? Well, both of them need to look three dimensional in your drawings. You'd be surprised how dark the shadows are compared to the highlights. Below the first shading bars are the ones with the refined technique of Little Circular Strokes. This technique you just don't ever press hard. You just...If yo...
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Rob's Art Lessons: May 2012
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Saturday, May 12, 2012. How to Shade Flower Petals in Watercolor. Shading flower petals in watercolor is easier than it looks. Controlling edges so that some edges are clean and hard while others are soft and gradual takes combining Wet in Wet techniques (for loose, soft flowing edges) and wet on dry - by a very simple process. When the petal or leaf is finished, let it dry completely before doing an adjacent one. I moved from doing this big petal to painting the orange petals, then while they dried ...
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Rob's Art Lessons: February 2012
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012. Blocking In, Blending and Light. Blocking In is a technique often used in pastels. The general idea works in any medium but this article focuses on soft pastels techniques. Simplify the forms of your painting to big shapes. Ignore details and small areas unless those are in the focal area or demand reserved white. Above is my block-in for "Lady Sunshine," a tabby cat painting. I did this one for a Pastel Spotlight challenge on http:/ www.wetcanvas.com. So I deliberately left...
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Venezia Sketches
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These sketches are all in my new 9x12 Venezia. Sketchbooks. the paper is wonderful for ink and takes watercolor washes very well. I am inspired by the techniques in one of my favorite art books Watercolor without Boundaries. By Karlyn Holman. all the drawings I plan on will be cityscapes, or landscapes, many from photos I took while on a trip to the UK and France. There will also be sketches from photo refs around the world shared by my Wetcanvas. Thursday, January 1, 2015. Welcome to the BugBar. View my...
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Venezia Sketches: October 2016
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These sketches are all in my new 9x12 Venezia. Sketchbooks. the paper is wonderful for ink and takes watercolor washes very well. I am inspired by the techniques in one of my favorite art books Watercolor without Boundaries. By Karlyn Holman. all the drawings I plan on will be cityscapes, or landscapes, many from photos I took while on a trip to the UK and France. There will also be sketches from photo refs around the world shared by my Wetcanvas. Friday, October 21, 2016. Thursday, October 20, 2016.
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Venezia Sketches: September 2014
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These sketches are all in my new 9x12 Venezia. Sketchbooks. the paper is wonderful for ink and takes watercolor washes very well. I am inspired by the techniques in one of my favorite art books Watercolor without Boundaries. By Karlyn Holman. all the drawings I plan on will be cityscapes, or landscapes, many from photos I took while on a trip to the UK and France. There will also be sketches from photo refs around the world shared by my Wetcanvas. Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Brellas on the Beach.
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Venezia Sketches: January 2013
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These sketches are all in my new 9x12 Venezia. Sketchbooks. the paper is wonderful for ink and takes watercolor washes very well. I am inspired by the techniques in one of my favorite art books Watercolor without Boundaries. By Karlyn Holman. all the drawings I plan on will be cityscapes, or landscapes, many from photos I took while on a trip to the UK and France. There will also be sketches from photo refs around the world shared by my Wetcanvas. Wednesday, January 30, 2013. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Venezia Sketches: September 2012
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These sketches are all in my new 9x12 Venezia. Sketchbooks. the paper is wonderful for ink and takes watercolor washes very well. I am inspired by the techniques in one of my favorite art books Watercolor without Boundaries. By Karlyn Holman. all the drawings I plan on will be cityscapes, or landscapes, many from photos I took while on a trip to the UK and France. There will also be sketches from photo refs around the world shared by my Wetcanvas. Monday, September 24, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Venezia Sketches: April 2014
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These sketches are all in my new 9x12 Venezia. Sketchbooks. the paper is wonderful for ink and takes watercolor washes very well. I am inspired by the techniques in one of my favorite art books Watercolor without Boundaries. By Karlyn Holman. all the drawings I plan on will be cityscapes, or landscapes, many from photos I took while on a trip to the UK and France. There will also be sketches from photo refs around the world shared by my Wetcanvas. Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
