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Tips For Painting Spring Greens
To loosely quote a famous frog- it's not easy painting green. Using the color green properly can be a challenging part of landscape...
megbandarra
Mar 20, 20232 min read
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Photographing Art With A Phone
Not that many years ago, taking photographs of my paintings involved a DSLR camera, tripod, and photographer's lighting setup. All this...
megbandarra
Nov 17, 20224 min read
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Avoiding The Pitfalls of Painting Fall Foliage
The bright colors of autumn foliage are really fun to paint, but there are some things artists have to watch out for when creating these...
megbandarra
Sep 20, 20223 min read
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Color Principles For Artists: Color Relativity Part 2
This is the second installment in my two-part post on Color Relativity. In Part 1 we focused on how color relativity influences value, in...
megbandarra
Jun 22, 20224 min read
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One Photo: Lots Of Paintings
Last month I wrote a post about creative exercises to get you inspired. Exercise 5 on that list was using one reference photo to make...
megbandarra
Feb 23, 20221 min read
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Why And How To Split Pastels In Half
I like breaking my pastels into two pieces (or even three depending on the brand). For me there are a few advantages to breaking them....
megbandarra
Jan 31, 20222 min read
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