by James H. Pence
In last week's video tip, we looked at some watercolor basics. This week we're going to learn how to do a color wheel -- sort of. Actually, we'll be working on a color "triangle". A color triangle is a great (and fun!) way to see how the primary colors mix and create the complementary colors. So, get out some watercolor paper, brushes, and paints, and lets see what we can come up with...
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by James H. Pence
I love to draw Christmas trees--with lots of lights. And what better way to do that than with black light chalk. Today's video tip will show you how...
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by James H. Pence
Christmas is less than a week away, so I thought it might be fun to put up a couple of Christmas chalk / black-light video tips...
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The most important part of a chalk artist's toolkit is the chalk. In today's video tip, STL chalk artist Jim Pence explains why chalk artists use "lecturer's chalk" and demonstrates the different colors of regular and fluorescent.
by Jim Pence
Tuesday's post showed you the technique needed to draw distant trees in chalk, but it was all done in white chalk. Today we'll do the trees in color.
by Jim Pence
Mountains are majestic, beautiful, and fun to draw. And, with a little practice, they're pretty easy to draw, too. On Tuesday's blog, I explained the steps for drawing a mountain in chalk. However, it's not always easy to work from photographs alone. So, in today's post, I've included a video tip that will show you how I draw mountains when I'm working with chalk.
I hope you enjoy it...
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