I’d like to write a collumn for parents of artists. Here’s an article I wrote that I’d like to see in a newspaper or magazine. Let me know what you think. I’ve updated this based on some input.
Crazy Brains.
by Dennas Davis
So, your child runs into the room holding a big wad of toilet paper with [...]
Here’s a painting of one of my favorite things. We got this chair in Florida years ago. Actually we have two of them. They are made out of deadhead Cypress wood salvaged from the swamp, and you can’t really find much of this wood any more. The live trees are protected. (a very good thing). [...]
Here’s my latest. The colors are quite vivid, all done as glazes, which catch the light.
18 x 24 inches. Acrylic and pencil on deep edge canvas.
#280/ Now $140
If you’ve been here at the blog lately, you’ve probably been dissapointed, as there has been almost no activity lately. I’m sorry about that. You see, instead of writing, I’ve been driving around town a lot.
Firstlight is going to have to move this Summer. We have outgrown our current facilities abilities to contain us. So, [...]
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Have you ever wondered why there are two hot primaries and only one cold, but there are two cold secondaries and only one hot. Weirdness! Well read on for enlightenment on these and other color [...]
India ink. Such a tiny little bottle, but so much [...]
A student asked yesterday which of these programs was best for doing color on the computer. It’s not an easy answer, but my short version was, “…depends”.
Both are somewhat difficult to learn and both are expensive. Although Photoshop (PS) has a light version that is far more affordable than the full professional version. Note that [...]
I wrote this today in response to a few questions. Thought it was good to share:
I try very hard to not judge abilities and predict the artist’s future. One of my first students came in at age 17 and I was actually surprised that she did not draw very well, since her mother was an [...]
Here is a good example of me getting bored and doing something really different. I had a lot of fun with this, using watercolor, acrylics, colored pencils and oil pastel together on a watercolor panel (not paper, but a special board with a clay coating to simulate paper). If you try really, really hard to [...]