by Lachri | Mar 21, 2016 | Art product review, Art tips, Graphite
Normally when I review a product I either love it or hate it. That wasn’t the case with these graphite pencils from Caran d’Ache. There were some things I did love, and some things that I just felt “meh” about. The Good (or amazing in this...
by Lachri | Jan 6, 2016 | Art tips, Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Today I’m showing you how to draw a realistic great horned owl in colored pencil. I know all that detail feels like a bit too much, but I’ve got some tips on how to make it look realistic without spending the next two years working on it! I’ve even...
by Lachri | Jul 1, 2015 | Acrylic painting, Art tips, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
Today’s demonstration video is of a great horned owl that I painted in acrylic paint and airbrushing on a Fredrix Convexo canvas. I added two layers of Liquitex basics on this canvas before sanding it down so that I had a very smooth surface to paint on. This...
by Lachri | Dec 22, 2014 | Colored Pencil, Speed paintings, drawings and tutorials
I was so excited to get permission from an AMAZING photographer to use his photo for my reference of this piece. You can check out his work at http://www.urbanradim.cz/ I initially planned on doing this in acrylic so that I could use the airbrush for most of these...
