Irish Artmart Featured Artist Brendan Butler
Brendan Butler, Butler’s work can be found in both private and public collections. Brendan Butler graduated from the Crawford College of Art & Design in 2001
Rudiments of Drawing: Learn How to Draw the Basic Forms
Drawing is a journey that teaches a number of skills that you can use for any endeavor. Just about anyone can learn to draw, depending on how much time you want to put into it. Even the most basic skills can be transformed into something pleasing. The most important thing to remember is to ‘forget’ […]
Learn Drawing – Try and Try Till You Succeed
Do you know the biggest challenge that might stop you to succeed in the field of drawing? That’s the fear of failing and make mistakes. However, even the best artists in present times are frightened due to the insecurity and fluctuations in their profession. However, these blockers are mostly a subconscious problem, they are actually […]
How To Keep Your Artwork As Fresh As The Day It Was Created
Clueless about how to protect the beautiful acrylic painting you received as a birthday gift? Wondering how to mat and frame your new watercolor? Here’s a handy guide on how to care for your precious artwork, no matter what media it was created in. . Handling . Storage . Transporting . Matting . Framing . […]
10 Fast Facts About Watercolour Paint
1. It is made from pigments that are ground together and held together with a gum binder that’s water-soluble, of course. The pigments used in watercolour paint can be either natural or synthetic. 2. It dries a lot lighter than when it is applied. In other words, the colour you apply to the canvas won’t […]
Five Methods of Acrylic Painting Techniques For Painting Landscapes
Painting landscapes is very relaxing and rewarding for artists. Artists can capture nature’s beauty and reproduce it on canvas with a variety of painting tools and techniques. The added health benefits of being in the outdoors and the ability to capture natures landscape with the wet-on-wet method are two other pleasantries for landscape artists. How […]
Watercolor Painting – Benefits and Drawbacks of Watercolor Painting
The most rudimentary form of painting with the brushes could be related to watercolor painting, as it is the primary step in the painting field, to get accustomed with the colors and the strokes of the brushes. This form of work is mostly found effective, to a great extent, considering the fact that it allows […]
Watercolor Instruction – Observation
How do we capture the intangible: a fleeting expression, a character that is revealed in the sparkle of an eye or an emotion that can fill a room with atmosphere? These are not things that you can touch so how can an artist paint such things? How can we achieve a richness and depth […]
Ten Super Watercolor Painting Tips for Illustrators
“We would like to see examples of your color work,” said the hand-written message on the postcard from an art director at a children’s book publishing house. Uh-Oh. She had liked the black and white art samples I’d sent her, but she zeroed in on my weakness: The painting instruction I’d never quite gotten […]
Watercolor Lessons – Painting Black and Brown Hair
I love to share what I have discovered on my painting journey. My painting style can best be described as naturalistic realism. Many of my paintings include people in a pensive or thought provoking pose. Part of the feeling of reality is due to the way I use my watercolor. I am able to […]
Framing a Painting – The Best Way to Frame a Watercolor
Framing a watercolor painting is quite different from framing an oil or acrylic piece. For watercolors, there is the matting to consider, the type of glass to use, and the actual frame. An important thing to remember is that the matting and backing should be made of acid free materials. A reputable framer will […]
Blank Canvas Blues: How Do You Begin a Painting?
You just finished setting up an interesting still-life. You placed a couple of apples, a vase of flowers, and some grapes on a lovely piece of fabric, carefully making some folds here and there. You’ve arranged your still-life in front of a very dark background. Since you positioned a light source coming in from […]
