Art Blog for The Inspiration Place
Watercolor Wednesdays: How to Create Rock Textures
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In order to bring your watercolor landscape paintings to life, you need to add texture that will make your paintings look like there is much more detail than there really is. I have a whole toolkit full of tricks that I turn to whenever I want to add texture to my watercolor paintings. One of the easier techniques to try out is to create rocks. You will find yourself using rocks in all sorts of... |
Harness the Secret Powers of Animal Spirits
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I always like to imagine that when birds cross my path-- and other animals as well-- that they are carrying secret messages to me from the spirit world. I know that I am not alone in this thinking as I often hear reports from otherwise sane and logical folks about "the eagle who flew over the funeral ceremony", or "the bird that landed on the sill just as their mother was passing."Â Have you heard... |
Under the Influence: John Singer Sargent
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The two artists that have had the greatest influence over my portraits are John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt. Today, I am going to turn the spot light on Sargent as I have just revisited some of these influential portraits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. You can see them as well until October 8, 2015. In this portrait above, Portrait of a Boy, Sargent paints the child of one of his friends.... |
Hands: The Second Portrait
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Hands are often called the second portrait and for good reason. It is not a surprise that an artist that values her hands above all body parts (except maybe our eyes) would notice others' hands. The hands are a source of self-expression. We often refer to people who talk "with their hands." Read on to learn why hands are the "second portrait." In the portraits of John Singer Sargent, he... |