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José Manuel Ballester
And where are the people? Missing human figures from classic paintings by artist José Manuel Ballester Despite being a couple of years old, José Manuel Ballester's works feel strangely familiar at this time of COVID-19. The Spanish artist recreates...
Drawing of the face -the profile- (1st part)
A BACK AND FORWARD LEARNING We are going to make a journey that begins in the way of seeing and drawing the human face, from the relationships between the parts, to the measures and the pieces that compose it as a whole whose representation does not differ in...
Grayscale and gradient
Basic exercise d It is convenient to do it with soft pencils; 2B onwards, the ideal is 4B in the first sections, followed by 6B in the middle parts, and 8B and even 9B in the area where it is closer to black. This type of work will help us to...
Hands (photography)
Our creative and creative capacity cannot stop. We propose a photographic exercise close to you, very close. You will photograph something that is very close to you... hands. Our hands or the hands of the people next to you. We give you some premises to...
Artistic diary
Hello creators! In this post we are going to propose you to create an artistic diary. What is that? Look for a notebook that you have at home or create your own with loose sheets; we can also make a small folder. Below you have a (pdf download here) in...
"Something just like this"
"Something just like this" ("Something just like this"). Coldplay and Chainsmokers. Hi guys! Today we are going to make you a different proposal. We're going to join art and music: How about illustrating a song? For this, we have chosen a song by the British band Coldplay...
Portraits with letters
The purpose of this creative task is to turn photographs into portraits with letters. In other words, any image will be painted with phrases, words, letters and symbols. For this we offer you some examples; of a more realistic type you can see them in these...
Martin Palottini
We present the work of a young Argentine artist named Martin Palottini. Born in Buenos Aires in 1981. His work is part of several public and private collections. Martin Palottini defines himself as a draftsman. His work enjoys a technical precision and...
Faces with cardboard
Well, here we are. Here we are still trying to come up with some suggestions. After seeing a lot of sculptors and their work and still knowing that knowledge takes no place, I have chosen another path, that of practice. My intention is to base my work on the human face...
An apple in the tree. Watercolor
For this exercise we attach a tutorial to help you. Enlarge the photograph that will serve as a model. It is very similar to the one in the video and if you can print it. I think it can help to see the brushstrokes of the watercolorist but remember that the technique is very random....
Artistic recipes
Hello creators! Today we are going to propose you to make our own artistic materials such as modelling clay or paints with ingredients that we all have in the kitchen. Let's get to work or to the dough! Finger paint Edible glitter paint Sculpting paste...
Landscape
As a "window" to a landscape inaccessible for the moment, I wanted to propose you a small editing exercise (with "premiérè" or whatever program you have). It is about a montage with the music you like the most (if possible not longer than 3') and images...