In this episode of Art School Live, learn how to create form by building a simple four-value scale and painting objects as planes facing light. Plus: Practical tips for opaque, controllable marks.
Marissa Ooserlee is recognized the world over for her hyperrealistic portrayals of women submerged or floating in water, a symbolic representation of the passing of time and life’s changing tides...
Do you find beauty in art and in life? Josh Clare shares his inspiration for being an artist in this moving piece on the existence and source of beauty.
Learn how professional realism artists approach value, color, edges, drawing, composition, and more—and see these techniques demonstrated at Realism Live.
Inspired from a young age by his father, Adam Smith paints realistic wildlife paintings that spotlight animals in both North America and Africa. Recently, his portrait of a ram, “Full Curl,” took second place at the prestigious ...
Join Jen Starling (a Realism Live faculty artist) in this bonus oil painting lesson on how to see value shapes, manage edges, and control reflected light for convincing form—starting with a lemon.
Explore the emotive work of Narelle Zeller, a self-led artist whose narrative contemporary realism celebrates inner strength, self-love, and the beauty of youth.
