Guest post by Pat Knepley – In part one of this post, we looked at three great illustrators. This week we’ll consider four more: N. C. Wyeth, Arthur Rachkam, Jessie Willcox Smith, and Edward Detmold. N. C. Wyeth Newell Convers Wyeth was the patriarch of an entire family of successful artists. He and his wife home […]
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Art Tip: Don’t Overwork Pastels
One of the biggest problems of working with soft (chalk) pastels is overworking them. Because pastels cannot be mixed like paint, but must be laid down in layers, sometimes when we try to blend them, we continue until they become muddy and lose definition. In this, the last of our series, “Six Super Short Art Tips,” Jim shows […]
More than Words: Illustrating Great Stories
Guest post by Pat Knepley Illustrating Great Stories: Our current culture is overwhelmingly visual, with television and movies accounting for most of the narrative stories we know. Since the time movies were invented in the early part of the twentieth century, many classic pieces of literature have been put to film, and indeed may be […]
Paint a Starfield on Your Ceiling
A while back I got a question on my YouTube channel about how to create a realistic-looking starfield on a ceiling with chalk. Although it would work (theoretically), a better solution is to use glow paint. Q: I just came across your video on YouTube about how to create a realistic star field with black light […]
Mary Cassatt: American Impressionist
Guest Post by Pat Knepley Most people think of France when they think of the Impressionism era of art. And indeed, French Impressionism is the most famous branch of that era and has the most recognized names in history: Claude Monet, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne. But there were many American artists that […]