by Lachri | Aug 9, 2016 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Vlogs
After completing my recent fan art of Jon Snow from Game of Thrones, I started looking back at some of the things I’ve learned since creating my first couple of colored pencil portraits. Scarlet Johansson This was my first attempt at a human portrait in...
by Lachri | Jul 5, 2016 | Art product review, Art tips, Vlogs
One of my favorite ways of keeping my acrylic paintings clean from line drawings as I work is to use tracing and transfer paper. You can choose to freehand or trace your subject onto the tracing paper, that part is up to you. With acrylic paintings, because that paint...
by Lachri | May 24, 2016 | Vlogs
This month’s Smart Art Box was a watercolor project on Yupo watercolor paper. Now I can’t claim to be a watercolor expert by any stretch of the imagination, but this was still a fun project. One of the things I like so much about the Smart Art Boxes is...
by Lachri | Apr 19, 2016 | Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials, Vlogs
This month’s box was so much fun! I drew myself in a manga style. This was SO outside of my comfort zone as I’m terrible at things that aren’t realistic. If you are unfamiliar with the Smart Art Box, it is a monthly subscription box where each month...
by Lachri | Apr 5, 2016 | Art tips, Vlogs
Are you looking to improve your art or your career? There are 5 things that you NEED to do in order to make this happen! Step #1 – make the decision You aren’t going to get anywhere if you don’t first decide to make it happen. Wanting something to...
by Lachri | Jan 26, 2016 | Art product review, Colored Pencil, Vlogs
If you’ve not heard of the Smart Art Box (affiliate link), it is a monthly subscription box available to those within the US or Canada where every month you get a box sent to your house full of full sized art supplies. Every month there is a different medium...