Self-portrait (your portrait) is a type of art aimed at the author’s image of the artist him/herself. It can be a picture or another type of creativity. Probably, every famous artist made self-portraits, because who else, if not him/herself, would be better than others to show their own personality. When…
I bet if acrylic paints were invented during the life of Van Gogh or Dali, then many of their works were done in acrylic. After all, if you want to work alla prima, that is, in one sitting, then acrylic simply has no equal. Recently I fell in love with…
Soil flag – logo idea for a site about soils and soil science. Layers of soil, parent rock and vegetation form stripes in the style of the flag, which smoothly transition into each other. Grass grows above, followed by a black humus layer of soil, turning into brown and lighter…
And in ancient times, and today, artists use different “tricks” to draw a more realistic nature. Previously, artists used perspective grids (Dürer mesh), shadow on Earth and reflections, “sketching” which they received highly realistic and accurate images of the world. These methods were used by many recognized masters of painting…
I sat down at my digital tablet, so much joy! And I decided to draw myself the final splash screen for the video on the Kreatin art channel on YouTube. Such end savers come after the video for about 15 seconds, so that viewers can subscribe to the channel or…
The logo is a rebus pattern reflecting the essence of the brand. Drawing a logo for me begins with sketches of the basic elements and features of the depicted idea. What is the trick? What are recognizable forms? For starters, I just draw associations, what I think about when I…
Дизайн одежды начинается с рисунка, отражающего идею художника. Человек, который создает изображения костюмов так и называется “художник по костюму”, подразумевается, что у человека не просто развит вкус, но он также владеет изобразительными средствами для его выражения на бумаге или в диджитал формате. В этот раз я создавала русские народные костюмы…
Keeping an archive of your artwork is hell for an artist! Creative people are often not very good at organizing space and maintaining clear collections, where it is desirable to sign each work, put it in the right place, take a picture, process it on a computer, put it on…
We talked about how to learn how to draw from scratch in a previous post, but how to learn how to draw abstractions, how to draw intuitively how children do, we adults will have to learn, because children have the freedom of expression and create for the sake of the…
Almost all classical art schools are based on the idea that pupils and students are taught to reproduce reality. Academic drawing is the main discipline without which you cannot be considered an artist at all. When people evaluate someone’s drawings and artwork in the 21st century (well, at least today,…