Dianne Mize Studio

Tips and ideas for composing paintings and drawings

Published: Wed, 09/23/20

September 23, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 288 TROUBLESOME TANGENTS

Published: Sat, 09/19/20

Dear, I confess I'm rapidly approaching my eighth decade on this earth, with close to si of those as a teacher. One payoff of all that e perience is…

Published: Wed, 09/16/20

September 16, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 281 3 ESSENTIAL BRUSHSTROKES

Published: Sat, 09/12/20

Dear, Last week I presented to you the concept of tangents and how they can sneak up on us and cause discomforting things to happen in our paintings.

Published: Wed, 09/09/20

September 9, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 286 COLOR TEST

Published: Sat, 09/05/20

Enjoy this revisit from three years ago. Dear, Tangents, often called "sore thumbs", are those sneaky images that align with one another so that one…

Published: Wed, 09/02/20

September 2, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 285 WORKING FROM PHOTOS

Published: Tue, 09/01/20

Did you know that an unbalanced composition looks accidental and unconvincing? September 9, 2020 Online Workshop 11 AM Eastern 8 AM Pacific 10 AM…

Published: Sat, 08/29/20

Dear, For almost an entire century, America's magazine and book illustrators were shunned by the mainstream visual arts world, especially in…

Published: Sat, 08/22/20

Dear, Is it possible that certain shortcuts can do more harm than good when used in drawing and painting? WHAT SHORTCUTS? One of the most prevalent…