"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
Anyone Can Create Art: Doodles, Scribbles, Lines and Color
“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.” —Lao Tzu All it Takes is Desire In my free online Graphic Design Basic Element Series, in lesson four you learn how simple lines can be applied in various directions with colorful opaque colors. This combination offers some of the first elements Continue Reading