Preserving The Value Of Oil Paintings
Paintings have always been in great demand in auction houses and if you’re lucky enough to acquire or inherit a invaluable work of art, we are sure that you’d like to preserve its value so that you may still sell it for a considerable price later on or be […]
Planning your Oil Painting
Before painting it is important for you to plan first and make decisions that could impact your painting. Leonardo da Vinci didn’t just paint the Mona Lisa when he saw some girl walking down the street. It took him careful planning and preparation. The same could be said about the various […]
Painting Nude Portraits
First, lets us differentiate a nude painting from a life study. A life study focuses on how human beings hold themselves. It trains the eye of the painter to distinguish aspects of color, lights, and shadows. And it provides opportunities for the painter’s hand to attempt various brush strokes.
First, […]
The Basics of Color Harmony
Paintings can leap at us, out of canvass and full of life, or can surround us with a grim blanket of mourning because of the color scheme wielded by the artist. This is why one of things that art students analyze in the masterpieces of great artists is the color scheme […]
Varnishing Your Paintings
The completion of a masterpiece does not end with the last stroke or signing the piece. To protect the piece and help maintain its beauty many artists varnish their art. This process is not essential, but is one of the benchmarks defining professional artwork.
Varnishing is an important part of oil painting. This […]
The Beginning of Oil Painting
The history of oil painting is diverse, with influences coming from a variety of sources. The very diversity that makes oil painting so unique also makes it difficult to define the shaping elements in its history.
The history of painting is a never-ending chain that began with the very first pictures ever […]
Ten Tips to Better Photos
If you are going to have a portrait done from a photograph there is one universal truth. Although amazing results have been captured from black and white old photos or sepia, for spectacular replication of exacting detail you want to have a great photograph to start from.
There are a […]
An oil painting can last forever if taken care of properly. And that is the trick, right? To clean and restore a painting properly and not damage a precious family keepsake by taking shortcuts or using methods unwise and actually dangerous to your portrait. There are many ways not to do this properly and end […]
How to care of Oil Paintings
An oil painting can last pretty close to forever given that they are taken care of and handled properly. The greatest danger to your oil paintings are careless handling and displaying your oil painting in improper places. This meaning bad environmentally of course, but also in direct sunlight or other […]
WHEN TO BEGIN TAKING PICTURES
Sometimes your best picture is your first picture, and sometimes it’s the last exposure you make. If the subject is in position, relatively-comfortable and you are ready to shoot, there is usually no reason not to begin right away.
Often just getting started is enough to cause a subject to […]