Monthly Archives: December 2010
How to Paint a Mallard Drake’s Head
In today’s post, I’m going to discuss the steps I take to paint a mallard drake’s head in a waterfowl painting. Continue reading
Website Hosting
I searched the web for several weeks searching for a web hosting company that could meet the needs of my website. I basically had two criteria at that point. Continue reading
Acrylic Painting Mediums
Although you can simply thin acrylic tube color with water, most manufacturere produce liquid painting mediums for this purpose. Continue reading
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Tagged gel medium, gloss medium, matte medium, modeling paste, retarder
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Scumbling An Acrylic Painting Technique
Creating art with acrylic paint requires several specialized techniques for applying the paint in order to make the painting look realistic and believable. The technique that I want to talk about today is called scumbling. Continue reading
How to Create a Painting From a Photograph
In past articles, I’ve talked about preparing for a painting by using reference photographs. This process involves taking numerous photographs and selecting certain elements from each picture and creating a whole new painting from the mosaic of elements. Continue reading
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Tagged artist, composition, Photoshop CS5, reference photographs, rule of thirds, waterfowl
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5 Ways to Improve Your Art
The old addage that “Practice makes perfect” is one of the most misleading pieces of advice that anyone can be given. In golf, practicing the wrong way to swing a golf club will only improve your ability to do it the wrong way. You must learn the correct way to chord a guitar, to swing a golf club, and to paint. Then continually practice the correct way and your skills will improve. Continue reading
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Tagged abilities, colors, improve, practice, stroke, support, tools
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What Do You Want to Know
What would you like to read about at North Forty Wildlife Art’s Blog? Continue reading
Editing Your Photographed Artwork in Photoshop
If you want to photographs your own artwork, Photoshop has a vast array of tools that will help you get the best image possible of your artwork. This article covers the two most used tools, the Levels Adjustment Layer and the Curves Adjustment Layer. Continue reading
How to Photograph Your Artwork
With an extensive background in photography and the necessary equipment, I photograph my own artwork so I can control all aspects of the process. Here are 5 things I do to ensure high quality images of my paintings. Continue reading
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Tagged aperature, digital reproduction, exposure, f-stop, histogram, how to photographs your artwork, Nikon D200 SLR, photoshop, tripod, website
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How to Clean Paint Brushes
One of the most import tools in an artist’s tool box, in my opinion, is a good set of quality brushes. No craftsman can produce quality work with inferior grade tools. Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic, bristles, ferrule, how to clean paint brushes, oil
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