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THE CLASSICAL WAY explains how classical art academies teach you how to paint like the Old Masters
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If you are new to drawing you propably have some dificulties with drawing what you see. You rather draw the idealized image that you have in mind ‒ let´s say you are to draw an eye of a person. If you are new to drawing you would draw the image of a stereotype eye that …
I rarely use turps or other solvents since they smell disgusting and they really are a risk of health. For painting I just use it occasionally for staining my canvas. So my can of rectified turpentine leads an orphaned life. A lot of oilpainters use these aggressive solvents to clean their brushes with – and …
Read moreCurd soap: cheap and healthy alternative to harming solvents for cleaning brushes
Artist Mark Carder (see his website) has a wonderful YouTube channel with great videos (these videos are listed in a more structured order on his website DrawMixPaint.com). Mark employs different tools with which he is able to achieve accuracy in his measurements. If it’s the measurement of lengths and distances or the measurement of color. …
Read moreMark Carder – the not so academic approach in painting realistically
BARGUE DRAWING TUTORIAL – Learning to see in two dimensions The Charles Bargue Drawing Course is the collected set of knowledge from centuries of academic art education. It is beeing used in classical art academies throughout the world. It was developed and widely used in the mid 19th century as a foundational exercise for fine …
The Master of an atelier or art school is the one with the most experience and with the best trained eye. He or she can see errors in your artwork at first glance and he knows how to solve problems that may occur. If you’d like to compare your drawing with the reference you can …
Read moreSubstitutes for a Master: use technology to improve your artistic skills!