Value, hue, shade, shape, patience, practice, persistence, and knowing how to play with your medium(s). That's the craft. The art is the ability of the perpetrator to express and interpret their "vision" into something others [...]
I was sorting through some stored old papers (like you do), and I came across this sketch I made when I was 17-ish back in 1979. The subject was Lindsay Wagner, who'd only recently finished [...]
Like many visually creative people, I use Photoshop. Not that there's a lot of choice in the matter; it is pretty much the only respected player in the game right now. It's annoying, then, that Adobe has thrown out a dubious marketing structure with its new "Creative Cloud".
The foundation of my current art project is the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Since art requires some effort, instead of simply getting a print, I wrote it all out myself -- in the same hand [...]
For a bit over a year I've been building up to committing a new piece of art. The main component is the recognizable, engrossed (calligraphy) version of the Declaration of Independence. While many would have [...]
I started work on a 660 x 787 mm (26" x 31") piece that has a very big calligraphic element to it. I've spent many, many months practicing the variety of styles. I've worked out [...]
