by Lachri | Jun 24, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Teal, black and white, and dolphins…some of my favorite things! I’ve combined them all in this surreal dolphin painting. A couple of weeks ago I shared my tutorial showing you how to paint a wave. Today I’m sharing the whole painting. The music you...
by Lachri | Jun 17, 2015 | Art product review, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
After the terribleness that was Derwent Coloursoft, let’s cleanse our palates (hrmm…for us artists, palettes would also fit there haha), and take a look back at my first time using one of my absolute favorite colored pencils. Luminance by Caran...
by Lachri | Jun 10, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Did today’s wave tutorial leave you ready to paint a dolphin? Earlier this year I painted these spotted dolphins in a surreal marine scene with a galaxy and starts underwater! In this video, you will be able to watch my layering process to create dimension and...
by Lachri | Jun 10, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Painting waves is really easy to do once you know how to layer your paint and understand a couple of key points in the structure of your water shape. In today’s video, I’m going to walk you through the process! We’re going to be looking at: The...
by Lachri | Jun 4, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Want a more 3D look to your artwork? This is a technique that I use in SO many of my paintings. It works as an underpainting if you’re working in oils, it can be used as a background for colored pencil drawings, and of course as your background in acrylic work....
by Lachri | Jun 3, 2015 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
For this tutorial, I’m working in colored pencil using both Luminance and Polychromos colored pencils. I’m blending with Mona Lisa Odorless paint thinner on a filbert taklon bristled brush and working on Stonehenge paper. I’ve used masking fluid and...
