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The beginning of this month I introduced to you Rhythm. Now, I’ll present you to the Principle of White Space. White Space is the area between elements in your image. Despite it being called White Space, it does not need to be white. It can be any colour, pattern or texture. 

White Space can b...

Collage. Collage is a technique where you glue something on to the main object. In the example in the video, I glued handmade paper onto a cardboard container I made. in the four adherents that I showed, the last two are professional grade, while the first two were for anyone to use. Collage is a fu...

Last #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques, I shared about burnishing with a white pencil. Today I will be burnishing again, but not with a white pencil crayon, You can burnish by taking a colour that is lighter than the pencil crayon you will be burnishing. Yellow is the lightest colour in the colour wheel. T...

Today's pencil crayon technique is one that I love. It is called burnishing. Burnishing is applying hard pressed white on top of another colour ( I chose purple in the video). It changes the colour and the texture of the pencil crayon.

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This Art & Soul Insider, we will look at the Principle of Design of Rhythm. Rhythm suggests movement or action. You can get rhythm by the repetition of the Elements of Design (line, shapes, colours etc.) in a picture.

Here is rhythm in lines. Notice the sense of movement.

And here is rhythm...

Today's #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques is about how to blend similar coloured pencil crayons. This simple technique makes blending so much easier and more effective. Today I chose two colours on the same side of the colour wheel: red and orange. Always remember to colour the lightest colour on top, as t...

Colour! We all love colour! There are tools that help us in the mixing of the colours. Not the actual mixing, but what one colour mixed with another colour makes. This is called a Colour Mixing chart. Most artists make their own, but this ready made chart is nice to have with the basic colours.

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EMPHASIS. Emphasis is part of the design that catches the viewer’s attention. In a piece of art, there should always be something that grabs one’s eyes. Usually one thing will stand out from the rest due to contrast. The contrast can be in line, shape, size, colours or texture. So in your next ...

I had a hard time getting the words out of me, but these #TuesdayToolsAndTechniques are crayons and watercolours!! They are smooth like crayons, but add water and 'Voila', one has watercolours. I love the intensity of these NeoColor 2 colours!

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Happy New Year!!

This newsletter, I will be sharing about the Principle of Unity. Last newsletter I talked about the Principle of Contrast… so basically unity is the direct opposite of contrast. But I’ll expand a bit more. Unity is a principle of design that gives an art work a sense of cohesi...

There are many drawing media. Pencil crayon, pencil, charcoal, ink and pastel. Today I will show you different types of pastels. In the rec room, I remember my mom doing pastel portraits when I was young. There was a softness, in the portraits, to them that I loved. 

Today's #TuesdayToolsAnd Techniques is about watercolours. in fact it is a form of watercolours that I didn't know of until recently! I love how saturated and bold the colours are. Watercolours aren't noted for their bold colours, but now they can.