Paint Without Looking at What You Are Doing
Published: Fri, 07/20/18
Dear, Back in the 60's when I was an art student at the University of Georgia, we were taught to draw in the dark. That's right! The lights were all…
Dianne Mize Studio
Tips and ideas for composing paintings and drawings
Re-send of Quick Tip 174
Published: Wed, 07/18/18
July 18, 2018 This Week's Quick Tip 174Re-send of GRADATED VALUE FIELDS
Quick Tip 174: Gradated Value Fields
Published: Wed, 07/18/18
July 18, 2018 Gradated Value Fields(This is a preparation technique for the July 20th video lesson.) Quick Tip 174
How to Shift a Focal Point
Published: Sat, 07/14/18
Dear, Think about it: A focal point is created by the artist, not the subject.For e ample, a single barn is sitting alone in a field does not make it…
New Video Lesson: From General to Specific (Merging Shapes Series)
Published: Fri, 07/13/18
July 13, 2018 Free Quick Tips on Wednesday - New Lesson Release on Friday - Free Newsletter Tip on Saturday We've Got You Covered!From the MERGING…
Quick Tip 173: Wet Rock
Published: Wed, 07/11/18
July 11, 2018 This Week's Quick Tip 173WET ROCK
Merging Shapes Into Value Fields
Published: Sat, 07/07/18
Dear, Composing a painting is much more than just arranging shapes and values. Nobody understood this better than the almost forgotten artist and…
New Video Series about Merging Shapes: Lesson 1: Simplify with Value Fields
Published: Fri, 07/06/18
Free Quick Tips on Wednesday - New Lesson Release on Friday - Free Newsletter Tip on Saturday We've Got You Covered! A New Series! MERGING SHAPESWhy…
Quick Tip 172 - Paint Palette and Palette Paint
Published: Wed, 07/04/18
July 4, 2018 This Week's Quick Tip 172Paint Palette and Palette Paint
A Lesson from Monet
Published: Sat, 06/30/18
Dear, The Athenium website shows 1338 paintings by Claude Monet. Within this massage collection, often we find the same subjects painted over and over…