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I have been co-organizing life drawing classes in North Vancouver for the last 5 years and it is becoming an important part of my art practice. The more I draw, the more I think...

Painting over varnished paper

I am doing a lot of work on paper and like experimenting with techniques that are modifying a bit the texture and water resistance qualities of the paper. You might also like:A yupo paper...

Are you making art to impress or to express ?

Once in a while you stumble upon a book where reading is almost like listening to your own voice, only more elegantly formulated and without an accent:) I recently read Nick Meglin “Drawing from...

I have been writing posts since April 2010 on this blog, I was surprised as it did not seem that long ! Anyways this is the 8 years anniversary for paintingdemos.com !! Time flies…...

Organized chaos : Reworking life drawings in mixed media

I like to take my time when I draw but during the 20 minutes poses we do in class, I sometimes have enough time to work a bit on shading like in the following...

Update on the Big Picture Art Project

If you are receiving my newsletter or are familiar with this blog, you probably already heard of The Big Picture Art Project 🙂 It is an exciting collective art project launched a few months...

How to hand print linocuts

As I learned quite fast, printing from linocut or woodcuts is all but quick and straightforward ! You might also be interested in :Getting started with Linocut printing I was getting frustrated at the...

Cross hatching portraits

Cross hatching is a classic shading technique in drawing. You might also be interested in :6 shading techniques for your drawings If you like doodling away for hours, you might also like adding intense...

Getting started with Linocut printing

The world of printing has always been both fascinating and intimidating to me, with its specific vocabulary, techniques, heavy machinery and artist community. I recently started venturing in the world of printing with monoprinting,...

loosen up your ink portraits

Indian ink and watercolor look best in my opinion when there is an accidental look to them. If you like to be precise, like me, that accidental look can be difficult to achieve, especially...

Between Drawing and Painting – part 2

In part 1 , we saw how you can paint over a drawing and how you could build an image with lines, loops, scribbles patterns or words. In part 2 we will talk more...

Between Drawing and Painting – Part 1

The definition of what constitute a drawing is not as simple as it looks. Sometimes a drawing is defined by the tools you use (pen, pencil, crayon versus paint), sometimes it is defined by...