Art Blog
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What are the Best Lino Cutting Tools?
Visit maryiscontrary.com for more information on printmaking at home. For some great Linocut Process information, Mary has a very resourceful section on her site here LINOCUT PROCESS. Starting out with linocut printmaking can be both fun and daunting especially when you look into the large variety of tools you can purchase for linocut. When I first started out carving with linoleum I had to learn a lot about the different kinds of tools out there. Honestly, there are a lot that will probably get the job done and do an amazing job. BEST LINO CUTTING TOOLS To save you some time right away and let you know what the best…
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How to recognize the authors of paintings
How to recognize the authors of paintings If the images have a dark background and everyone has tortured expressions on their faces, it’s Titian. If everyone in the paintings has enormous asses, then it’s Rubens. If all the men look like cow-eyed curly-haired women, it’s Caravaggio. If the paintings have tons of little people in them but otherwise seem normal, it’s Bruegel. If the paintings have lots of little people in them but also have a ton of crazy bullshit, it’s Bosch. If everyone looks like hobos illuminated only by a dim streetlamp, it’s Rembrandt. If the painting could easily have a few chubby Cupids or sheep added (or already…
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Drawing is the best way to learn, even if you’re no Leonardo da Vinci
“I just can’t draw.” It’s a refrain most adults say when confronted with a blank piece of paper. Something happens in our teenage years that makes most of us shy away from drawing, fretting that our draftsmanship skills aren’t up to par, and leaving it to the “artists” among us. By Anne QuitoSeptember 15, 2018 Link to original article But we’ve been thinking about drawing all wrong, says the design historian D.B. Dowd. In his illuminating new book, titled Stick Figures: Drawing as a Human Practice, Dowd argues that putting a pencil to paper shouldn’t be about making art at all. “We have misfiled the significance of drawing because we see it as…
