Colour has always been a rudimentary aspect of painting, it’s story in art is long and very fertile, from the early cave paintings to today’s advanced laser lights. Understanding colour, and how colours interrelate with each other, is an crucial part of painting. Pet portraits for example, will necessitate the use of harmonious colours to produce the sort of result the customer will be looking for. (more…)
Artists using water colours, if they’re producing landscapes, portraits or indeed pet portraits, will commonly prefer high quality water colour paper as a support. One of the things to consider when buying the paper is what weight to go for. Paper weights, which are calculated in Pounds, are based on the weight of a ream of paper, which is 480 sheets. (more…)
Artists working in pet portraits have many painting surfaces to choose from, but if you’re using water colour the best choice has to be water colour paper. The making of high quality paper for artists has become an art form in itself and undertaken by skilled craftsmen. The highest quality ones are hand made, and provide the artist with a surface that is ideal for water colour painting techniques. (more…)
There is a certain skill in capturing the sense of movement in a motionless image like a painting. It is a problem that, artists who specialise in pet portraits, are only too familiar with. Furthermore, if done properly, it will greatly add to the potency of the image being created. (more…)
Easels should help make the life of the pet portrait artist much more comfortable, by offering a secure support for their canvas, at just the right height and angle. Still, there are a number of varieties to go for, each one designed to meet the particular needs of the artist whether they’re in a studio or outside.
The most versatile is the sketching easel. (more…)
Many people get tattoos done and then regret their decision, and while in the past the permanence of the tattoo was indeed a problem, things have now changed for the better. Thanks to the innovations now available for cosmetic applications, tattoo removal is available in lots of medical centers, clinics and salons. People let go of their tattoos because they can face professional and social difficulties or because the symbolism of the tattoo no longer represents them. (more…)
Way back before the pencil was invented, artists needing to put down a detailed drawing before commencing a portrait used something called a metal point. This was a very common way of producing a delicate mark on prepared grounds like gesso.
The metal point simply consisted of a piece of gold, silver or lead which was fashioned with a small tip allowing it to make a mark, similar to a hard pencil. (more…)
Since the early Renaissance, artists working on portraits in oil (or any other subject for that matter) have always started with a layer of size to seal the raw canvas or board prior to the gesso ground. It’s job is to protect the canvas from the chemicals in the paint that may cause it to break down. Today, if you use an acrylic primer, size is not always needed, but it’s remains a good way of protecting the canvas and if you make your own gesso is an important part of the preparation. (more…)
Modern technology and the quick access to information gives us the chance to research well before deciding to use one health care service or another. And health care-related services in the private sector have all the more need for transparency. Tattoo removal for instance relies on different methods from dermabrasion and the use of topical ointments to laser and pulsed light therapies. (more…)
Youngsters usually experiment a lot with hair color changes, body piercing and tattoos, but there comes a time when all these no longer seem that fun. While most transformations are reversibles, tattoos are longer lasting and more difficult to be rid of than body piercing. Hair and skin grow back and the effects of body piercing wear off in time, yet tattoos stubbornly resist skin exfoliation. (more…)