Monthly Archives: December 2010

How to Paint a Mallard Drake’s Head

In today’s post, I’m going to discuss the steps I take to paint a mallard drake’s head in a waterfowl painting. Continue reading

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Website Hosting

I searched the web for several weeks searching for a web hosting company that could meet the needs of my website. I basically had two criteria at that point. Continue reading

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Acrylic Painting Mediums

Although you can simply thin acrylic tube color with water, most manufacturere produce liquid painting mediums for this purpose. Continue reading

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Scumbling An Acrylic Painting Technique

Creating art with acrylic paint requires several specialized techniques for applying the paint in order to make the painting look realistic and believable. The technique that I want to talk about today is called scumbling. Continue reading

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How to Create a Painting From a Photograph

In past articles, I’ve talked about preparing for a painting by using reference photographs. This process involves taking numerous photographs and selecting certain elements from each picture and creating a whole new painting from the mosaic of elements. Continue reading

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5 Ways to Improve Your Art

The old addage that “Practice makes perfect” is one of the most misleading pieces of advice that anyone can be given. In golf, practicing the wrong way to swing a golf club will only improve your ability to do it the wrong way. You must learn the correct way to chord a guitar, to swing a golf club, and to paint. Then continually practice the correct way and your skills will improve. Continue reading

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What Do You Want to Know

What would you like to read about at North Forty Wildlife Art’s Blog? Continue reading

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Editing Your Photographed Artwork in Photoshop

If you want to photographs your own artwork, Photoshop has a vast array of tools that will help you get the best image possible of your artwork. This article covers the two most used tools, the Levels Adjustment Layer and the Curves Adjustment Layer. Continue reading

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How to Photograph Your Artwork

With an extensive background in photography and the necessary equipment, I photograph my own artwork so I can control all aspects of the process. Here are 5 things I do to ensure high quality images of my paintings. Continue reading

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How to Clean Paint Brushes

One of the most import tools in an artist’s tool box, in my opinion, is a good set of quality brushes. No craftsman can produce quality work with inferior grade tools. Continue reading

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