Setting up a still life properly can make the difference between your painting working out or being …
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Warm, cool and the middle way
When Prince Siddhartha Gautama decided to renounce his privileged position and search for …
How to get better at colour design
Of all the aspects of colour, design is the one that is generally assumed to be something you have, …
Why I abandoned this painting! (and what I’m going to do about it)
Here's a quick video I recorded live on facebook earlier this week. It's 16 minutes long, and …
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The Secret Ingredient of Beautiful Compositions: Hidden Connections and Implied Lines
Beautiful composition affects you, even when you don't know how it's been done. I'm going to …
Hidden Patterns: How to design pictures like Veronese
Whether you like Veronese's pictures or not, there's no arguing with the fact that he designed …
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How to Make More Beautiful Compositions With Positive and Negative Space
For many of us, returning to art after a long period away can be daunting. Our appreciation of art …
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Three Uncommonly Effective Ways to Improve Your Compositions
Composition can make the difference between a technically skilled piece of work and a beautiful …
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How To See Like an Artist
Artists see differently. Someone who sees in this special way that artists see can look at a …
The Only Composition Rule You’ll Ever Need to Learn
Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. - Henry David Thoreau, author, poet, …
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