Shipping small pastels is easy! With just a little planning and some inexpensive supplies, you can safely ship unframed pastels to your friends and buyers. The post office has free supplies that you can have delivered to your door and
I’ve been spending quite a bit of time contemplating, studying and drawing peacocks of all things. They are such unusual and fascinating creatures. Here are just a few fun facts about them: They are actually Peafowl…Peacock and Peahen. The males
In this video, I’ll demonstrate using a set of 48 Blick Pastels that are a less expensive alternative for a beginner interested in exploring pastels. I use the pastels on both Canson paper and Pastelmat. My conclusion was that the
PAINTING LESSONS WITH MARLA FAQSpecial Thanks to our Facebook Moderator, Donna Berkley, for putting this FAQ together! FREE RESOURCES Q. Do you have any free resources for pastel artists? Absolutely! Check out the free mini-lessons on my website,
I’m a firm believer in planning out your paintings and creating thumbnails before diving into a larger, finished piece. They are one of the keys to successful painting and being consistent. But, one of the more frustrating things about painting
The thing about acrylics is that they are so easy and hassle free to use and at the same time offer up so many possibilities! This seems paradoxical of course. How could it be that something so simple is also
You can do little pencil or ink drawings as reference and practice sketches but if you really want to prepare yourself for handling various subjects and conditions in watercolor, get out your paints! Don’t try to capture too much detail
The visual world offers up infinite variety and challenges to the representational artist. Our imaginations pale next to natures’ variety! We have to choose, edit and compare. Before you can even put pen to paper, brush to canvas you have
I really believe anyone can learn to paint if you can hold a brush or a pastel and you can learn to see sensitively. It’s not about talent and it’s definitely not about having all the right stuff! Fact: your
I’ll bet there isn’t an art instructor that hasn’t spent some time preaching the benefits of doing thumbnail sketches and most students resist them. Why do we preach and why do students resist? Well let’s talk about the resistance first.