Underpainting with alcohol for Pastels

If you are looking for a quick and easy method to create an underpainting for your pastels check out this post from Karen Margulis. Why create an underpainting? There are many reasons but my main reason is the expense of pastels and the ability to ease into getting started on a painting. The underpainting can be done with less expensive hard pastels and by using the alcohol the colors go much farther. The alcohol lets you create great blends and some interesting brush work.

Master of Illusionism

Jos Van Riswick - oil painter and former physicist - covers his techniques and studio layout in this post.

Copyright Jos Van Riswick

 Mentor Mondays

I've decided to make this blog a site dedicated to learning more about art- any medium, technique, or practice. Look for insight both practical and inspirational. On Mondays I will be posting ideas presented by artists to get you motivated. To that end- this Monday's post is a short (15min.) clip from a Disney promotional ad. It features 3 concept artists and one animator doing a little painting of an old live oak.