by Dennas Davis | Sep 11, 2021 | Pocket Pointers
Every now and then I see painters furiously stabbing away at a painting like a sewing machine. Badabadabadaba.. on and on. Other times, the work is a little slower, but it still is a stamping motion, smash down, lift up, repeat. There are a several reasons why this...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 31, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
Proportions are one of those things that “we know that we know”, but we can’t easily explain what it means to someone who doesn’t. Here is a great way to explain it to young students, along with some visuals you can show to help them understand. Older students also...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 24, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
The key to making guidelines is drawing lightly; very lightly. Young artists will erase and erase to get things “right”, but they also often draw with a heavy line. The erased marks cause the paper or canvas to look dirty, and the inaccurate lines are so noticeable...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 23, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
Everyone knows you want a set of markers with as many colors as you can afford. The same goes for crayons, colored pencils, pastels… anything that comes in sets. But for some odd reason, students always think they should only get out one tube of paint on their palette...
by Dennas Davis | Jan 16, 2019 | Pocket Pointers
Every artist is intimidated by the blank paper or canvas. Sometimes it’s debilitating. You can encourage students, but how do you really alleviate any of their fears? Expectations and misconceptions can shut down many artists, especially a perfectionist. Here is...
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...