Artist of the Week Andrew Millist
Normally when I do an artist-of-the-week post I talk about an artist that I’ve been really digging for the past week and have checked out most of their stuff and feel that I have been influenced, so much so that my art, for that week, has been affected. Well nothing is different this week except the fact that I only recently discovered [...]
Continue ReadingArt History: Watercolor
Earlier today I posted a tutorial on Spit Shading and explained the principle behind what I do and what most spit shaders do. Well, it left me wondering a bit about the history of watercolor in general. So, here it goes. Once again I can say that Cavemen invented it and it be true. Truly these guys were rocket scientists and invented everything… [...]
Continue ReadingArt Tutorial: Spit Shading
Over the past few weeks several people have asked me tips on Spit Shading. I tried to convey to them that all my watercolor work was all new to me and that I didn’t really have any tips. Secondly, from almost everything I’ve ever seen that was referred to as Spit Shading I noticed it was almost exclusively Tattoo Flash. And [...]
Continue ReadingJustin Weinmann’s Weekly Update – February Schmebruary
This week I didn’t really get to do much art or writing on the site because I was in Florida until Tuesday. But for the last couple of days I made an effort to do some really awesome things. I only sketched a bit and wound up with this little gem in progress of an all grown up Alice. See! Not too much happening this week. However, [...]
Continue ReadingHow to Expose Your Art in the Golden Age of Social Media
I’ve recently been told basically the same statement by multiple artists via twitter: I don’t even know how to get my Art out there! So, I figured I’d tackle this one with a HOW TO of my Pay-It-Forward philosophy for artists. Don’t Ever Assume “If you make it they will come!” — Remember you’re [...]
Continue ReadingArt History: A bit about graffiti
Well, I’ve been out of town for the past week. You might have noticed that I hadn’t made a post since my disappearance. I’ve cleverly crafted a way for me to return from my departure. I bought an airplane ticket back to my house. Now you are going to be graced by my presence once again. HOORAY! Down to business now I say. [...]
Continue ReadingArtist of the Week: Bobby Chiu
Because I’ve been out of my element lately (I mean that I’m making cutesy stuff) I’ve been looking at other artist to help break out of my box of insanity to make stuff that other people would consider, well, normal. And someone that I looked into this week and spent a good amount of time looking at was the art of Bobby [...]
Continue ReadingArt Tutorial: How to clean your brushes
I wanted to make this tutorial because, well, to tell you the truth I never, ever, clean my brushes. Yes, I’m that lazy. For the most part it doesn’t really affect my artwork at all, or at least not that I know of because I don’t know what the alternative (clean brushes) can do for me. But, I figured I could start saving [...]
Continue ReadingArt History: The Story Behind Who Invented Art
The story of who invented art is a simple one indeed. ALIENS did it… of course. You always suspected it and now here I am corroborating it fully. Except I don’t think it was the aliens that your thinking about. Not the E.T. guys flying around and zapping up people to perform some perverse experiments on. No, the aliens I’m [...]
Continue ReadingHouston Arts Alliance
Being from Houston, each week I try to post something about Houston from an art perspective. Well, this week were going with Houston Arts Alliance. I’ve been out of town for a while, so they are new information to me. So, let me dig into it a bit to let you all know the deal with them. They are a non profit organization that apparently [...]
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