As an outdoor artist, do you consider yourself to be a plein air painter or an urban sketcher? We explore the similarities and differences between these art styles, including travel sketching, in the latest Pentalic blog. By Pentalic You will most often find the hashtags #pleinair, #urbansketching [...]
Do you ever see a design that just works and you aren't sure why it does? Portland illustrator and tattoo artist Melissa Dow @melissadowart discusses 4 techniques for creating visually interesting art in the latest Pentalic blog. By Melissa Dow Have you ever had somebody tell you that [...]
Want to take your art to another dimension? We are providing a series of tutorials to help you draw challenging 3-Dimensional objects for the 365 "Art School" Challenge in this Pentalic blog. By Pentalic Drawing in Perspective: The first step to [...]
Next lesson: drawing animals! We are offering a series of beginner tutorials to assist participants on drawing challenging animals for the second group of 365 Challenge “Art School” drawing prompts for April 2019 in this Pentalic blog. By Pentalic Day 8: Cat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w2QAtSYgVg&t=99s [...]
Art school is now in session! Our first lesson: drawing human faces. We are offering a series of beginner tutorials to assist participants on face drawing for the first group of 365 Challenge “Art School” drawing prompts in this Pentalic blog. By Pentalic To further our mission to help artists build their [...]
Mountain hikes, Disney World, restaurants, wherever this artist goes, she will letter it! Coloradan modern calligrapher and art blogger Veronica Ruiz @veronicaletters discusses the Modern Calligraphy movement, her artistic inspirations and advice for first-time hand-letterers in her interview for the latest Pentalic blog. You started hand-lettering during your time as a Graphic [...]
On the dawn of the March 2019 Pentalic 365 Challenge, March of Monsters, we are offering five tutorials to help you do the “Monster Mash” in the latest Pentalic blog. By Pentalic We are excited to announce a March of Monsters theme for this month’s Pentalic 365 Challenge! To enter to win our [...]
Grow with us! In the latest Pentalic blog, we discuss changes to the Pentalic 365 Challenge for 2019. By Pentalic One of the greatest achievements of social media is the ability for growing artists to share their work and support one another through positive feedback and constructive criticism. [...]
Are you thinking about using gouache? Then this blog is for you! Featured artist James Gurney @jamesgurneyart shares 10 success strategies for painting with gouache on location in the latest Pentalic blog. By James Gurney @jamesgurneyart Gouache is a versatile and responsive medium for the on-the-spot painter. It’s fast to [...]
Attention all aqua artists! Our December featured artist James Gurney is holding a water-based art contest! Draw or paint your best kitchen scene and be entered to win products from James Gurney, Pentalic and M. Graham! Follow the guidelines below to enter. Guidelines: • Paint a scene in a commercial [...]