Dianne Mize Studio

Tips and ideas for composing paintings and drawings

New Workshop - April 14 - Creating Emphasis

Published: Thu, 03/25/21

Dianne's Ne t Live Stream Workshop Creating Emphasis April 14, 2021 11 AM Eastern 8 AM Pacific 10 AM Central Our composing toolkit gives us ways to…

Unintended Emphasis

Published: Sat, 03/20/21

Dear, A successful painting is more than copying images to appear just like a photograph or doing a portrait that looks just like the person it's…

Finding Missing Halftones

Published: Sat, 03/13/21

Dear, As a subject to paint, what's wrong with this photo? THE DOWNSIDE OF PHOTOS There's a nagging frustration when photographing flowers for…

Finding and Creating A Visual Journey

Published: Sat, 03/06/21

Enjoy this revised post from four years ago! Dear, Let's enter the realm of our imaginations and play a little game. What does this... ...and this...

Translating Shadows Workshop March 10

Published: Thu, 03/04/21

Hello Everybody, Too many artists think making shadows is just making areas darker, but during the ne t Translating Shadows workshop on March 10, you…

The Mystery in Shadows

Published: Sat, 02/27/21

Dear, What does shadow mean to you? To most folks, shadow means dark, and beyond that, there's not much more to it. But we artists can find and create…

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