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Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)
Mandala, Anime Fanart, Nature Drawings and Spirograph Art
I made a bunch of random drawings. You can see the videos of these Artworks in my Artsy Sister Youtube channel. Please give a like and subscribe. I hope that it makes you smile and whatnot. I try to vary the mandala patterns. I also ran out of red. So, I am using dark pink. I also made an anime fanart or two. I was just trying to get back to my roots. I started by making fanarts with pencil and paper. It was nothing too fancy. I also made a bunch of spirographs. They are pretty popular in my...
Teach Yourself to Paint: The Van Gogh Method
I did an video blog about Van Gogh. He was a self-taught painter. He followed steps to master his craft. He started with paper and pencil. In fact, the bulk of his artworks are pencil drawings. Once he mastered pencil, he started painting. He used first cheap colors. He was trying to translate his drawing skills to paintings. His next step was to master color. He did still life of flowers to learn how to work with colors. Flowers used to be popular in his day. Since he was an unproven artist, he taught himself to paint flowers and...
Kissing Painting Reference
I did a new podcast. The theme was kissing paintings. Kissing in western art was limited to religious subjects. It was just the Virgin kissing her son or Juda kissing Jesus. Kissing in a romantic sense was taboo. As the Catholic church went out of fashion, kissing became more prominent. This was truer when the Neoclassical period started. Once we got to the modern days, kissing was no longer taboo. Painting kisses was socially accepted and even encouraged. You can see the blog in my Artsy Sister Channel. Please give a like and subscribe.
Pouring Dry Art Pouring Techniques
This is just a set of dry versions of my new pouring paintings. I hope that they make you smile and whatnot. There is going to be a video of these arts in my Youtube Artsy Sister channel. I hope you find it amusing and whatnot. Let us move things along shall we. I have other stuff to do and whatnot.
Pouring Art Wet Versions and Two Painting Details
I did some new pouring art. Each was done with a different pouring painting technique. The first one was traditional dutch pouring art. You add the colors and then you blow on the paint with a straw. In the second painting, you allow for gravity to do the heavy lifting. Just tilt the canvas and let the paint falls. The other one was done with swipe. I added the colors in the middle and then I swiped the paint to the left and right. The other painting I don’t remember. I do mention it in the Youtube video of...