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 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 7, 2013 | Motivational, Portraiture, World View
Look dad, I did it! As my very first friend once told me, “Rob, there are two kinds of people: boaters and golfers.” Well here are a couple golfers. This was a particularly meaningful portrait for me, as it expresses a father’s love for his son. ...
by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 27, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Motivational, Portraiture, Uncategorized, World View
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” Pablo Picasso Here’s the ugly truth about being an artist. Actually, its not really so ugly, once you get over the initial shock. It’s your job to convince me, the art...
by netGALAXY Studios | Mar 6, 2013 | Art Instruction, Fine Art, Portraiture, World View
What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure. Henri Matisse We had another figure drawing session at my studio last evening. Lots of fun. I have logged countless hours in front of the figure and always learning. These were two...
