A Cup of Coffee for an Art

I love coffee! And now I got more reasons to love it more – I can create art out of it! Just last year, I started to paint using coffee and I just find it awesome. I was thinking of starting to use watercolor for the next medium. Surprisingly, I found coffee and I was…

4 Easy Steps in Drawing the Eye

Step 1. The Outline of the Eye When it comes to drawing an eye, close observation is necessary to start. One feature of the eye is the varying shape between the upper and lower eyelids and you need to pay enough attention. In order to get a more accurate likeness, you have to be more…

Christmas Parol: A Symbol of Filipino Artistry

Celebrating yuletide season lights up the lives and gives bright colours to everyone. It has been one of the joyous seasons for Filipino families all over the world. Along with the celebration is a symbol, locally called Parol or Christmas Lanterns. It symbolizes faith and hope for Filipinos. These are considered as the greatest expression…

The Birth of Cubism and Modern Art

The lifelikeness was a primary concern in the European Art before Cubism. For several centuries, Art is evolving and there’s no question concerning this idea or concept. Impressionists who are known to take a step of changes in the history of painting and dedicated to light and capturing the temporary impressions are also facing the…

7 Fascinating Facts about Van Gogh’s The Starry Night

The Starry Night created by Dutch Impressionist Vincent van Gogh is one of the most renowned and beloved artwork in the world. The painting shows attractive swirls, addictive composition, vibrant color palette and these exemplary and fascinating qualities offer a lot of mysteries to talk about.

How to Draw a Portrait with Charcoal

This Lesson in drawing portrait is set to guide you a step by step procedure based on a classical approach using charcoal and graphite. You may use grid lines if you find it difficult to draw by free hand. The following illustrations will get into more detail, methods and techniques in every stages of the…

Why is it important to learn ART?

Art education plays a valuable part in the human development. In fact, great thinkers such as Plato have pointed out the importance of arts in the learning process. Art is a tool that transforms us to be more human and completes us as a person. Several greatest and notable scientists and investors combined scientific knowledge…

How to Draw Still Life

STEP BY STEP PROCESS For Steps 1 to 4: We’ll learn how to draw the primary shapes and proper proportions of the still life objects with the use of line. For Steps 5 to 8: we will illustrate still life drawing in three-dimensional form using tone. Art Materials for Still Life Drawing Using Pencil For…

Learning the Art of STILL LIFE

Many artist started drawing objects and usually by the use of pencil, while others use oil pastel. Now, we are going to take still life lessons to learn the best way to know and practice the basic techniques of both drawing and painting. The good thing in studying still life lesson is that the drawing…

The time I’ve met ART

Van Gogh said, “We cannot speak other than our paintings” I started to have my interest in visual art even when I was a kid. In fact, I’ve learned how to draw or sketch several objects even before I learned how to read and write. Papers, pencils, colors were my playground. People could see me…