I am unapologetically, unabashedly, an old school free hand artist. I have nothing against tools like tracing paper and projectors to make life easier. I also don't have anything specific against digital art. I realize creating digitally also takes skill and imagination. Neither digital nor free hand created art is better.

But, for me, if I'm painting with pastels I want the mess. I want my fingers to turn the colors of the chalk. And when painting with watercolors I want to be forced to be re...
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When people talk about perspective usually they are thinking of linear perspective. But there are many more ways to show depth in a drawing or painting. There is also atmospheric perspective, color perspective, and size perspective. Linear perspective is used most commonly when drawing or painting architecture or something with a lot of lines. This system was carefully worked out by the renaissance artists, and we still use it today. 

Artists in the far east show depth in their art by more sub...
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I'm the last one to pass judgment on another's artwork. Self-expression seems more important than skill, knowledge, even exploration. I know I too sometimes fall into the trap of making art pretty, but devoid of any sort of emotion or challenge. Just another pretty picture. Do you remember the likes of Jackson Pollock back in the 60's? I do. Was that art then? Is "pour art" art now? Does art have to be pretty? Do you have to know how to draw before you paint? 

I have far more questions than an...
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