What is it? The technique we'll be looking at today is a fun one: broken color. This term refers to a technique where an artist will apply colors to a painting in small strokes, but does not blend them, so that they blend optically rather than … [Read more...]
Technique Tuesday: Surfaces
Today's Technique Tuesday post is going to take a look at an aspect of art creation that many art appreciators easily forget--the surface under the paint! Here we have pictured just a few examples of the many different types of surfaces fine … [Read more...]
Technique Tuesdays: Alla Prima
What is it? Alla prima, also called "wet-on-wet" and "direct painting," is a very popular method of painting in which the artist applies paint to the canvas essentially in one sitting ("alla prima" is an Italian phrase that translates to "at once"). … [Read more...]
