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Yes the New York Academy is good, but there are plenty of schools that have excellent painting programs. They just aren't university programs. The upside to that is that you won't have to give an arm ...

People like Ron make my day. It is so hard to find a teacher that can communicate this kind of information in a clear way. The biggest problem is that alot of the people that are teaching either don ...

Try to learn all you can about creating solid value paintings and on brush work before you move on to wilder colors. My paint list is:
Cad Yellow Pale
Cad lemon yellow
Cad Scarlet
Alizarin Crimson
Co ...

Where did the back of her head go?

Hey, while expected Flat to be an idiot, I'm very happy to see Tom Carter again. Sorry I haven't knept up I'm very good at losing people's contact info. Sure I've heard alot about Claire's. That wou ...

Well I finally got here. I know there are a few Scad people on this forum. I'm in O-House room 202. I think its funny how it used to be called "whore house"

woo nice stuff

My painting teacher never let us do a drawing first. Everything is done with a brush. It helps you correct your vision by getting rid of the outline where it doesn't belong.

I'd go so far to say that painting is dead. It was brought to its logical conclusion with Pollack. What else new can you do with a 2-d surface and sticky colored glop? I do see a small swing in the ...

Now I'm reading alot of historical stuff. I just finished a book on Lawrence of Arabia this week, talk about a crazy SOB. Also I just finished a book on a scientist's trek into the congo, relly well ...

I am so sick of all of this shit images/smiles/icon_sad.gif. Now when I come home and turn on the news I say "what awful things have people done today?" From rioting in India, Maoist rebels in Nepa ...

Wow this post struck a nerve in the collective heart of the forum. Alot of the stuff that I would have said is already posted so...yeah. My additude is what you see is what you get. That doesn't wo ...

The Palestinians, while they have a legit cause have been going about it in a most unproductive fashion. Instead of trying to educate its people and making itself into a viable state, they educate th ...

I don't really know, it looks like a pretty solid cartoon character to me. I don't know what kind of art training you've had but life drawing will always help you improve whatever you are interested ...

Yeah do what Jr said or better yet get a mirror. Use big brushes with a hard edge to get a feeling of it being a solid mass occupying a space. Look for your darkest dark and your lightest light and ...

Excellent! Congrats. now I can tell my sister that I typed something to a person that is working on her most anticipated movie!

Go to Craig Mullin's site and read the notes by John Singer Sargent, They are under the miscellaneous(damned if I spelled that right) section. They contain lots of info on how to merge your backgroun ...

I like the way light reacts with the enviroment around me, I like forms, and I like trying to reproduce it on a flat surface. Simple

yes, everybody does.

For me working in traditional mediums is much easier. The surface of a tablet is a little too slippery for my taste and when I use color I like to mix them and disect what goes into the color that I ...

pretty decent for first atempts. I just started painting too so I can relate to the initial frustration of not being able to control the paint. Just remember the fundamentals and you'll do fine. I u ...

Ah the tracing thread. I just use plumb lines to keep every thing in line and in proportion. If all of your big shapes work then the little details will fall into place, but getting an accurate draw ...

I don't know, in my old high school I was the only guy who drew and painted in the entire school, the rest were girls. It seemed there was some kind of anti-art macho thing going on in my school so ...

I was also looking at Pensyvannia Academy of the fine Arts, it looks more substantial as far as foundation studies goes, but the weather is better in georgia

If you look really closely you will fing that their is either a slight color change, for instance the hair is a touch warmer than the glasses, or their is a value change. Or both. But it is more than ...

Try to break the flatness you've go going here by using some foreshortening, it makes for a much more interesting picture.

High five touched on the only thing that I noticed, great job

Heh, the bugs aren't as bad on the coast, or maybe it was just the time of year when i went down there. Thanks for the advice though. MMMMmmmm.....grits images/smiles/icon_razz.gif

Kipou- I'm ude ...

Hey, I just got accepted to Savannah College of Art today! Since its the only school I applied to i'm pretty relieved, next step.... secure scholarship.

I'm going to have to disagree, you have a much higher hurdle to clear if you suck at drawing. Being able to visualize what your going to do in your head and translateing it onto paper is of the utmos ...