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Why I Use a Ballpoint Pen For My Figure Drawings
Geoff Flack, director of the Core Drawing Atelier at the Gage Academy of Art, takes us behind the scenes of his art, including why - and how - he "disrupts reality" in his figure drawings.
Realism Ambassador of the Week: Safia Khilji
Meet this week’s top Realism Today Ambassador, Safia Khilji.
The Story of Annie Murphy Robinson
"After getting clean and sober, the haze lifted and I was able to use that life experience of sad emptiness to feed my artwork. The struggle then had meaning." Annie Murphy Robinson explains.
Do Your Paintings Look Stiff?
If your paintings look stiff, if your figures don’t turn, and objects appear flat and look like paper cut-outs, then perhaps you need to do this...
Preserving Fire, Voice Lessons
On being an artist: "I studied, worked hard, and often failed again and again to get at what I was looking for," says Nancy Depew. "But mistakes are invaluable teachers..."
Figure Drawing and Economy of Line
What if you had to pay for every line you drew? Learn how this artist uses "Penny Lines" and "Dollar Lines" to give each mark a hierarchy of importance.
Learning to Un-See and to See
"The drawing process as I learned it was the education in a style of vision," says Anthony Matromatteo.
Art and the Vulnerability of Humanity
The realist colored pencil works of Jesse Lane are meaningful, perhaps now more so than before.
Historical Approaches for Contemporary Portrait Practice
After years of studying first-person sources, manuscripts, and practicing as an artist, Matthew James Collins discovered a thread connecting different eras of time. Learn what the common theme is in this article on painting life-size portraiture.
Realism Ambassador of the Week: Elizabeth Barden
Meet this week’s top Realism Today Ambassador, Elizabeth Barden.