by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 25, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Sometimes Having Strong Values Means More Than Just Being a Nice Guy* Sometimes a value that appears to be correct in a painting is anything but. You’ve got to know and understand how light works on form if you want to make your paintings look lifelike. ...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 24, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Drawing for the ages Ridge came to my studio for a quick sketch this morning. He was a delightful model and his mom really liked the drawing. Ridge was a very patient model for a 5 year old! I really enjoy sketching from life and as I always tell my students, life...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 23, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Portraiture, World View
Getting it Right the First Time Rather than getting the wrong value on your brush and then working it into the painting, try getting the right value on your palette and painting directly onto the canvas, without apology. Smooshing the paint around only weakens the...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 23, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Joe Maniscalco Returns Fom the hey-day of illustration Here’s one of the vintage Joe Maniscalco illustrations I have re-purposed. I wonder what they were used for originally. They are masterfully painted in the hey-day of illustration. I was thinking of other...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 23, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Joe Maniscalco Retrofitted I’ve really been enjoying excavating my father’s legacy by digging out these vintage illustrations and re-captioning them. I am re-purposing and compiling images of his and my work, along with witty and not-so-witty aphorisms...
by netGALAXY Studios | Jun 20, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, World View
This is from an art lesson yesterday in class. Want to express folds in drapery or in skin? You must understand how forms behave in the light. Here is a fold depicted in light, side view and top view. There is a hard cast shadow on the left side. And there is a soft...
