“Try to paint the sky as if we could see through it, and not as if it were a flat surface, or so hard that you could crack nuts against it.” — William Merritt Chase Before proceeding into Lesson Three, take a moment to step back into the energy of what you’ve already explored in the Graphic Design Basic Element Series that relates to this Continue Reading
Lesson Two: Basic Shapes & Line Descriptions
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say in any other way—things I had no words for." Georgia O’Keeffe Before proceeding to the second lesson, take a moment to step back into the energy. For a refresher, click > Basic Design Descriptions and Shapes and Basic Directions In this post, we will focus on incorporating Continue Reading
Lesson One for Building Art Skill
”Art is the stored honey of the human soul." – Theodore Dreiser Before proceeding to the first lesson, take a moment to refresh your memory. Revisit > Basic Design Descriptions and Shapes. Our First Marks: Line, Plane, Tone In the first building skill post, we introduced the method of building skills through small work explorations. We are going Continue Reading
Art & Illustration Learning Exercises
"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." — Scott Adams This post introduces a series of exercises that accompany the Graphic Design Basic Element Series to help develop skill and artistic design competency through the repetitive practice of each basic art element. Exercises to Deepen Skill Through this Continue Reading