Fine Art Tips and Techniques
Take a quick visit to my studio and learn how to boost and increase productivity by 'dueling paintings'. See why working on two or more paintings at the same time can be better than one! Dueling paintings is especially helpful when cramming for a big gallery exhibition. I hope you enjoy this fun video! Thanks, Lori :-) … [Read more...]
"Birds on the Wires" by musican, Jarbas Agnelli is a very creative little video and one worth sharing. The birds helped compose the music! Anyone who enjoys birds and music will be charmed by this... Jarbas explains: Reading a newspaper, I saw a picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes (no Photoshop edit). I knew it wasn't the most … [Read more...]
Having just returned to the snow country from a quick break at the beach, I was daydreaming of warmer days while 'surfing' the web. I found these amazing big wave photographs that I had to share with you. Hawaiian shore-break surfing pioneer, Clark Little has quickly gained nationwide recognition for his big wave photography. It all started in 2007 when Clark 's wife wanted a nice piece of art to decorate a wall. Clark grabbed a camera, … [Read more...]
Painting on hardboard or Masonite panels is economic and produces great results for oil and acrylic painters. In this short video I teach you how to prepare a panel for painting. This is an easy process and only takes about ½ hour (at most!) from start to finish and will save you money. Be sure and check out the added tips below this video... Here are a few extra tips: I usually make an assembly line and gesso a series of … [Read more...]
guest artist/author: Ludgero Mendonca My name is Ludgero Mendonca. I was born and raised to the age of eleven on the Island of Terceira Acores, Portugal. My interest in art comes from having watched my father sketch to pass the time. Taken by it and tried to emulate his style but to no avail. At the age of fifteen I once again started to sketch but now I had better control and began to slowly develop my own style - here's how. In my … [Read more...]
Guest artist/author: Stacey Cornelius Recently, I had the opporunity to help a painter put together a new portfolio to take to galleries. She was going on a trip and decided to look for a few new venues while she was away. This artist is a very good writer, so I made only a few edits to her artist's statement. She had her CV (curriculum vitae) nicely formatted, a couple of reviews, a business card, and some wonderful reproductions of her work … [Read more...]
The Mona Lisa is regarded as the most 'meaningful' and famous painting in the history of art. Over 500 years old, Mona has aged gracefully and continues to inspire reproduction, parody, scientific theory, movies and more. Today, many of us artists strive to create our own 'Mona Lisa' in hopes of leaving an 'meaningful' trace of ourselves behind. But, how does an artist truly create meaning in his or her work? That question is … [Read more...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that indoor air quality is often up to 10 times worse than what's outside - and our studios are even worse than that! Did you know that house plants can actually benefit our lives and help keep it 'green'? For only pennies a day, house plants will help beautify, purify and renew your stuffy studio, office or home by filtering out toxins, pollutants and the carbon dioxide we exhale and … [Read more...]
Awww....the joys of blogging... My handy little 'Retweet' button by Tweetmeme.com has reset itself back to ZERO!!! That means there is no trace of the many past 'Retweets' that you all have made while sharing my posts on Twitter. It is not the 'end of the world' although I am frustrated because - I loved my 'Retweet' button count! So, let me give all you Artists/Bloggers a 'heads-up' on WHY this happened to me and hope it doesn't … [Read more...]
Last Friday night I had my much awaited artist's reception at Kneeland Gallery in beautiful Sun Valley, Idaho. This short video gives you a quick peek at what a professional gallery and opening reception for an artist looks like. If anyone is interested in purchasing a painting, please contact Kneeland Gallery and tell them, Lori sent ya! Or feel free to contact me with any questions or for more information, … [Read more...]
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