by Dennas Davis | Jan 16, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
Most artists look at neutral colors such as flesh tones, and think, “it’s light brown”. Then they attempt to make these colors using brown pigments and white. It’s ok, but colors made this way are lifeless. There are reasons why, and...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 14, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
It’s so important to Super-Wash a brush after using it, but during the painting process, you don’t want to keep going to the sink. Students should know how to easily clean a brush in their water jar when they’re changing colors. Our method give...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 14, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
Instead of pulling out a tube of black paint, which typically deadens colors, The Art Instructor recommends mixing black using two pigments in our set of 10 standard pigments. ULTRAMARINE BLUE BURNT UMBER Aproach This lesson comes up often because students forget how...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 12, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
Sometimes you need a quick technique or insight to share to one or a few students. Our Pocket Pointers are great for this. Read up on them and you’ll be ready for anything. This guide and the “How To Make Black” Point is free. More are available...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 10, 2019 | Teacher Boost
Every art teacher could use a little boost Issue 3 | January 2019 a mini magazine for subscribers of the art instructor CONTENTS All content is on one page. Just scroll – or click a title to jump down. 1 | FEATURE | Simple Color Mixing An overview about how to...
