by Lachri | Mar 1, 2017 | Art tips, Q & A
Michael writes; Hi Lisa, When drawing portraits I try to get my drawing as accurate as I possibly can to the reference photo, but once I’m done with the drawing all I can really notice are the imperfections on my subjects face. For example, most people usually...
by Lachri | Feb 28, 2017 | Art tips
Today’s critique comes from artist Alfio Raciti. You can view more of Alfio’s beautiful work at www.alfioraciti.com. There is so much to love about this piece! The soft and dark background contrasts very nicely with the tigers making them really stand out....
by Lachri | Feb 16, 2017 | Art tips, Q & A
Erin writes: I am getting into graphite pencil drawing and I just ordered my first set of Faber-Castell polychromos…Here’s my question: if your reference picture is a 4×6 photograph but you want to draw it onto a 9×12 piece of paper how do you...
by Lachri | Feb 15, 2017 | Acrylic painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
To celebrate Valentines Day, a group of my artist friends and I decided to participate in a 10-minute painting challenge. We each had 10 minutes to paint something valentines themed! Make sure to check out the other artist’s videos! ?Sheldene Fine Art ?Ryan...
by Lachri | Feb 15, 2017 | Acrylic painting, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
I had the pleasure of collaborating with the amazing Leonardo Pereznieto from Fine Art tips on youtube to show you both the freehand drawing of two horses grazing and the acrylic painting of those horses in the fog and rain! This is a great project for beginner...
by Lachri | Feb 8, 2017 | Art tips, Q & A
Clinton writes: Hi Lisa, I recently watched a video about your opinion on adult colouring books. I am currently hooked on coloured pencils and so want to take it further than a colouring book. I want to be able to create wildlife scenery but at the moment I feel...