ART BRAIN - AN ART BLOG FOR ARTISTS

This video today introduces you to another great teacher called Brent Eviston that I’ve only just recently come across. Here Brent tackles that often misunderstood and slippery subject of Gesture Drawing. And although he doesn’t demo in this first video, he does reveal much of his process and thinking, by showing examples of his figure drawings, answering student queries and finally doing a little critique session on student work at the end. A lot of good information here, beginning with Brent’s clarity in expressing his two primary goals in Gesture Drawing, which are to both simplify and capture the action...

Today I want to introduce you to a wonderful art teacher called Stephen Bauman who is to my mind one of the best online teachers out there, particularly if you’re interested in improving your portrait drawing. To give you an idea of his calibre he spent some 12 years as an instructor in the prestigious Florence Academy of Art, so needless to say highly qualified. He now teaches primarily online sharing his knowledge free via YouTube and paid content on his very affordable Patreon channel. And for book lovers among you he’s also recently released a book called “The Art of...

There is no shortage of books on oil painting out there, however, these three, or four including Harold Speed's book on drawing are to my mind must-haves. To begin with perhaps the Daddy of the them all, and the one I've heard recommended by countless highly accomplished artists is "Alla Prima II" by the Richard Schmid. This was a game changer for so many aspiring artists searching out good information, especially before the internet age. On the positive side this is a physically beautiful book full of lush illustrations of Richard's work. He's also a highly entertaining and engaging writer, with a talent...

This is a fantastic little video of an artist I really admire called Nicolas Uribe. I think he was born in the US but to Columbian parents and thus has been back and forth over the years between the two Countries. He’s and now based Bogota where himself and his partner the lovely Daniela Ocampo set up this really cool project a few years ago, called “Our Painted Lives”. The gist of it is that Nicolas would paint scenes from their everyday lives, with lots of little detours into other subject matter too, and Danny would help with the video...

18/09/24 A quick update to say I've decided to rebrand this blog and newsletter, so it's now called THE ART BRAIN PROJECT. In one sense just a name change but you can find out more here if you fancy it. Read more about The Art Brain Project Vincent Keeling --- This is sort of a Mission Statement for my new Art Blog for Artists, called THE ART NERDY JOURNEY - BLOG and its sister Newsletter, which I’ll link to below.  The gist of it is that I'm a self-confessed art nerd. On a daily basis I'm usually taking in some form...