18 hours ago | Arty Velarde

In this video, Kathy Lark shares her liquid graphite drawing while sketching with 32 other Urban Sketchers. We had 2 visitors from Los Angeles, 2 from New Mexico and one from...
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How They Made "Big Heads"

1 day ago | Gurney Journey

"Big Heads" was a game show for British TV where ordinary contestants wore giant celebrity heads while trying to accomplish slapstick challenges. Adrian Teal , designs for...
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Video Demo Fix it or Trash it? How to Recycle a BAD Painting

5 days ago | Kem Studios

'A Summer in Ireland' 13x18 pastel ©Karen Margulis available on Esty.
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Nabi - a commissioned cat portrait

7 days ago | Rita Kirkman

"Nabi" sold Back from the International Pastel Convention and sloooowly re-adjusting to real life again. While I get my convention paintings sorted and my new pastel goodies...
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Step by Step to Beautiful Clouds: Photo Demo

10 days ago | Kem Studios

'They Dance in the Sky' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulis I am in a Sky Painting mood! Maybe it was the wonderful skies I just experienced in New Mexico but I have several ideas...
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Try This Fun Underpainting Technique! New YouTube Video

15 days ago | Kem Studios

'A Walk on the Wild Side' 10x8 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $165 I have been wanting to do this for a long time. It was perfect timing. I had just enough wine left in the...
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New Video Demo: Try A Baby Wipe Underpainting

18 days ago | Kem Studios

'Summer Friends' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulis I discovered this technique by accident. I was on a plein air outing and water to tone my paper but I didn't have any paper towels...
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John's portrait in pastel by Kim Blair

22 days ago | Kim Blair Artist

John(14"x11" pastel on gessoed 300 lb. w.c. paper) John is the other half of the creative talent for Aven-Hill Pottery. In 1984, right after graduating from the Alberta College...
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Prepping for Color Thumbnails

24 days ago | Gurney Journey

If you have a line drawing of a composition that you want to try out in color, here's what you can do: 1. Scan it and print it at a small size. 2. Glue it down with acrylic...
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How to paint a portrait with oil. Head study

24 days ago | How to Draw

How to paint a portrait with oil. Head study vidéo by Chingiz Abassov vidéo
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

Mark Webster - Metal Teapot Still Life Oil Painting

Mark Webster - Metal Teapot Still Life Oil Painting. 5x7" Oil on Panel. Read more ...

Sketches II

Brangwyn's Reference

For his British Empire murals, Frank Brangwyn (1867-1956) went to the trouble of posing models and setting up a grid to transfer the drawing. But he still changed what was in... Read more ...

What Can You Paint in 10 Minutes and Why You Should Try

'Poppy Abstraction' 7x5 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $100 You know you should. But it is hard to find time. And even when we do have the time it is often wasted as we try... Read more ...

Backside of a nude female model

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Hairfix

Just a figure model fixing her hair in between poses! 6x8 inches soft pastel on toned paper Read more ...

More Rare Milt Kahl Drawings

These two beautiful clean up drawings from the short film Mickey's Circus, 1936, were likely drawn right on top of Milt Kahl's rough animation.This might have been Milt's first... Read more ...

Shadow Tales for a Darkened Theater at Fringe

Written and Directed by Gabriel Garcia, Shadow Tales for a Darkened Theater was presented by Blank Slate Productions. The show was a ghost story anthology told in six parts... Read more ...

Sk

Here's the start of a short run of recent sketches I've done at conventions and elsewhere - one a day until I'm caught up. The first one is of David Leach's violently funny... Read more ...

Mark Webster - Coffee Cup Black and White Grayscale Oil Painting

Mark Webster - Coffee Cup Black and White Grayscale Oil Painting. 6x6" Oil on Panel. Read more ...

Drawing > Video

San Diego Urban Sketchers at the San Luis Rey Mission Cemetary