by yimiris | Oct 7, 2018 | Drawing
Drawing is the foundation of all genres of art related to form. If there is inaccuracy in oil painting or other media in form, it’s usually a drawing issue. Classical bust study is the foundation of drawing. Just how important is classical bust study in drawing?...
by yimiris | Sep 29, 2018 | Landscape, Oil painting
This is a follow-up for the previous blog post on the importance of small plein air landscape in terms of color training. Below is the process and approach I take for small plein air landscape painting. Small plein air painting demonstration A photo of Taiwan’s...
by yimiris | Sep 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
Painters of the 19th century were all in the habit of making small paintings. The Spanish painter Sorolla’s small paintings had rich colors and free flowing strokes while Levitan’s had very concise yet elegant color blocks. Even the Russian painter Fedotov’s...
by yimiris | Sep 22, 2018 | Landscape, Oil painting
Painters of the 19th century were all in the habit of making small paintings. The Spanish painter Sorolla’s small paintings had rich colors and free flowing strokes while Levitan’s had very concise yet elegant color blocks. Even the Russian painter Fedotov’s...
by yimiris | Sep 16, 2018 | Other
Camera is a convenient and important tool for painting and drawing. It’s quite common for artists to take reference photos and produce a drawing or painting in the studio. And cameras are getting smaller, every more sophisticated and powerful. It’s so much...
