Friends, family, fellow artists and gallery insiders give a wealth of insight into the life of the late James Castle, a deaf, self-taught, American folk artist who learned to communicate effectively through his art. His drawings differentiate from the norm in that they are created with any accessible materials, such as using stove soot as ink. While much of his acclaim came after his death, Castle has provided an unconventional approach to art that broadens the mind to contemplate.
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From ArtistsNetwork.TV: In this video, professional artist Joy Thomas reveals classical drawing secrets while teaching foolproof composition skills for a structured beginning.
Working your way through a portrait study from life, you will learn a number of techniques to improve your confidence and create a realistic likeness using massing techniques that establish form with a minimal use of line.
Develop your own skills as you watch this award-winning portrait artist explain and demonstrate comparative measuring, simplified shape-maps, the use of plumb lines and how to identify and correct mistakes.
While this unique drawing demonstration is a must see for portrait painters, it contains a wealth of valuable information for all artists of all genres. See the whole video at http://www.ArtistsNetwork.TV !
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Learn to draw Portrait Series
Episode 2 Part A
This episode covers value, contrast, and some optical illusions. You’ll be happy to know this is this last all talking episode with no doing.
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I love ART! Creative is fun 
Love Peace Joy to all!
http://www.myspace.com/jantheempress
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JAN LeComte EMPRESS ARTIST from Cleveland Ohio.
I am one of the few “Ambidextrous Artists” online.
I also do CARICATURE, PORTRAITS, ILLUSTRATION, FRACTALS, PAINTING, MURALS, CALLIGRAPHY,CARTOONING,CREATIVE WRITING,
I love anything creative!
I am available for SKETCHING ENTERTAINMENT AT PARTIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS, promotional events, trade shows, schools, fundraisers ,churches, bar and bat mitzvahs, parties, coporate events…
I also create ORIGINAL ART, just contact me and I’ll answer any questions.
janlecomteart@yahoo.com
Artistic influences;
DiVinci, Michaelangelo, Maxfield Parrish, MC Escher, Renoir, Dali, Picasso, Cassatt, Alphonse Mucha, John Waterhouse, Marcel Marceau, Walt Disney, Jim Henson, Mort Drucker, Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley
Fun influences;
Dilbert, Mickey Mouse, the Muppets, Dr. Suess, Beatrix Potter, Fairy Tales, Harry Potter
.Inspirational influences; Jesus, Buddah, Angels,Og Mandino, Jack Canfield,Venice Bloodworth, Bob Proctor, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, Oprah Winfrey,Wallace Wattles,Bill Gates, Clement Stone .and lately I’ve been inspired by Paul Potts the opera singer! Just love his story
In answer to the question; “How do you do this?” or “I wish I could draw” I will be creating and posting instructional videos on technique and how to draw at
http://www.myspace.com/artfunwithjan Check for updates
Special thanks to Karin Hiebert for her “How to shampoo and condition your hair” video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inEoCB…
http://www.squidoo.com/karinhiebert
and for explaining web 2.0 Thanks for the inspiration and reminders of the Law of Attraction!
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TEACHING
teaching children
DRAWING
painting
SKETCHING
soft sculpting
CARTOONS
creative concepts
MIME
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YOUTUBE
MYSPACE
SQUIDOO
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by Lon Haverly from TV seriae “You Can Draw!” www.lonhaverly.com, Virtual Drawing Institute
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Oil portrait drawing slideshow of artist Igor Kazarin. This is My commisioned oil portrait painting are written on a canvas.
All life I like to draw realistic portraits especially paint drawings on canvas, in this technics of portrait drawing it is possible to achieve quite good results, therefore realistic portrait oil painting most of all involves me. All my portraits in slideshow are drawn by oil on multilayered system, usually on one oil portrait on a canvas leaves approximately about a month of work, depending on complexity. Realistic oil portraits on canvas always have huge attention the majority of people by beauty and realness and it is much important factor, basis to my portrait painting on canvas
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This episode covers sketching, how to properly sharpen a pencil, and ways to hold a pencil.
Find all the videos for this series in one easy playlist…
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DE90A0B005052EFB
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Experimenting with white charcoal…
unlike other portraits, this one is all about focusing on highlights instead of shadows, which makes most parts more challenging. Pretty fun and interesting to draw.. white charcoal doesn’t stick to paper well so accidental smudging is more of a problem.
tools used: white charcoal pencil, white compressed charcoal, my fingers for blending, kneaded eraser.
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This episode covers sketching, how to properly sharpen a pencil, and ways to hold a pencil.
Find all the videos for this series in one easy playlist…
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DE90A0B005052EFB
Duration : 0:9:59
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finally got my hands on some soft pastel, been wanting to mess around with color portraits for the longest time.. i think i accidental bought the landscape soft pastel set…I was wondering why it had so much blue and green variety lol
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