Drawing Comes First It Really Is The First Step Drawing comes first. Literally. Do you have dreams of being a digital artist or a painter? Then you must learn to draw. Many people have the misconception that they can skip this step. They’re under the impression that the medium will somehow give them the ability […]
Constructive Criticism versus BS Know When To Pay Attention Do you know the difference between constructive criticism and BS? It’s understandable why new artists hesitate to put their work out there for people to see. Social media is especially full of opinionated jackasses who have no business or basis for their comments. These are the […]
Drawing Basics Putting the Elements Into Practice So what are the drawing basics? Now that we’ve discussed all of the basic elements of art, let’s start getting into how they apply. We won’t be looking into all of them right away. Color, for example, won’t apply to what we’re doing right now, so we’ll put […]
Texture It Makes Life Interesting So, let’s briefly discuss our last basic art element, texture. In a nutshell, texture is the way things feel, or the way things look like they might feel if touched. Texture is all around us. The smooth polish of a granite countertop versus the smooth, soft surface of a leather […]
Tints, Shades, Tones Value – Part 2 Tints, shades, and tones. While we’re still on the subject of value, I’d like to very briefly cover a few words you may have heard and maybe even used in the past. You may have even used the words tints, shades, and tones interchangeably, but there is a […]
Value – Part 1 What’s the Big Deal? Value is an incredibly important element of art and with good reason. Simply put, it is the lightness or darkness of hues (colors). When dealing with black and white for example, white is the lightest value and black is the darkest. The value halfway between these extremes […]
Shape, Form, and Space What’s the Difference? Shape is an enclosed two-dimensional geometric or organic shape that has height and width, but no depth. Form is a three-dimensional space that encloses volume, includes height, width, AND depth. Like shape, it can be geometric or organic. Space refers to the areas around, between, and within things […]
Line in Art It’s More Than You Might Think Line, by definition, is a dot that creates an identifiable path by moving in space. It is one, two, or three dimensional and can vary in width, direction, and length. They often define the edges of a form and can be vertical, horizontal, diagonal, curved or […]
Beginner Artist – Top 5 Mistakes How To Avoid Them So you’re a beginner artist and you want to draw. You pick up a new sketchbook and some pencils and you’re ready to go. You’re excited and enthusiastic. You sit down and start drawing and things don’t exactly turn out how you expected. You try […]
Myra and I have been friends for 25 years. Over the years, I have watched her art progress from fantastic to simply spectacular. I’ve seen her work in multiple mediums and I have to say that her work in pencil is probably my favorite. She has a wide range of subject matter, from galaxies in airbrush to animals in pencil, each completed with outstanding attention to detail. I’ve commissioned two pieces from her to hang in the lobby of the building where I work. Each piece was completed flawlessly and within the time frame given. I love Myra’s art so much I wish she’d pick up a tattoo gun and put some on me, permanently.
- Judi Brashers-Hansen
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