2019-05-01 The Artists Magazine

ArtistsNetwork.com 17 “BIRDS RARELY HOLD STILL, SO CATCHING THEM ON PAPER REQUIRES A COMBINATION OF OBSERVATION, GOOD REFLEXES A ...

18 Artists Magazine May 2019 Build TUTORIAL COLOR Nature’s palette has much to off er, as demonstrated in HELEN OH’s seashell pa ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 19 Turn to page 20 for a demo. “If one could only catch that true color of nature — the very thought of it dr ...

20 Artists Magazine May 2019 Build TUTORIAL NATURAL IRIDESCENCE 1 Toning layer and line drawing: I chose to paint on an archival ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 21 7 Add highlights: With a generous amount of white on the tip of a small palette knife, I applied a highlig ...

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26 Artists Magazine May 2019 Build DRAWING BOARD How to Draw Birds As an artist, you already have the power of observation. Make ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 27 DRAW TAME, CAPTIVE OR STUFFED BIRDS. Now that you’re warmed up, you’ll want cooperative birds to draw. Z ...

28 Artists Magazine May 2019 Build DRAWING BOARD Birds often have a favorite perch. This dickcissel (above) sang from a prairie ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 29 Draw the same individual or type of bird over and over before moving on to another. Draw a series of songb ...

30 Artists Magazine May 2019 Build DRAWING BOARD USE THE FREEZE-FRAME METHOD. This is a good technique for drawing birds in mo ...

ArtistsNetwork.com 31 DRAW WITH THE HELP OF A VIDEO OR WEBCAM. Motion studies from recorded or live-streamed birds are great f ...

Build WORKSHOP There’s a group of artists that fascinates me. They fall into a category known by a few labels, such as primitive ...

Night Garden oil on canvas board, 11x14 IF YOU REMOVE THESE LINES IN THE PAINTING, THE COLORS ARE NO LONGER EFFECTIVE. —HENRI RO ...

Build WORKSHOP STEP 2 Wet the areas surrounding the yellow paint. Dip a small brush into High Flow turquoise phthalo to add more ...

STEP 6 Now you’ll color within the shapes that you created with your pencil lines. Use all of the yellows and blues, along with ...

36 Artists Magazine May 2019 Build LESSON Painting Water Reflections GUIDELINES JOHANNES VLOOTHUIS divulges some of his most val ...