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Grim — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:45:09 +0000

My previous post about Mr. Woe started me thinking about why I do this. I take tons of in progress photographs of my pieces as I make them, primarily for my own reference. I have somewhere around 8000 photo’s of my art pieces some of them are final pics most of them are [...] Related posts:

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KingUnicorn — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:50:13 +0000

In the first part of this series (Online Art Critique: Giving Criticism), we looked at how to provide respectful, honest criticism when someone offers up a work of art for review. We also discussed ways to give constructive criticism and avoid unhelpful comments that could be misinterpreted by the artist. Now, we want [...] Related posts:

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Grim — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:39:51 +0000

I dont know if other artists suffer from this but I do.

When painting a sculpt, I paint in multiple layers. I paint the primer coat on the piece, a base skin tone, various noodled skin tones, veining, so on and so forth. Building up layer upon layer to get a (hopefully) realistic [...] Related posts:

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Grim — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:04:44 +0000

Image via Wikipedia

I will start this off by stating that this article is completely my opinion and what I have learned and figured out over time in my shop, and through lots of research.

I use primarily Liquitex Softbody Acrylics in my studio. I do this because Liquitex makes paints with [...] Related posts:

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KingUnicorn — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:58:02 +0000

There’s nothing more valuable and more damaging to artistic development than a critique. On the valuable side, critiques provide third-party insight, opportunities to reevaluate processes, and suggestions for growth. On the damaging side, critiques can cause us to shelter our work, prevent us from taking bold steps that produce new directions, and punch [...] Related posts: