Budding Artist: How to Draw, Paint and Become an Artist

You'll discover everything you need to start your artistic journey with our expert guidance on drawing basics, painting techniques, and creative styles. Our comprehensive resources cover essential materials, fundamental elements, and hands-on exercises designed to build your confidence and unleash your creativity. Budding Artist is here to help.

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Choosing a Painting Surface

Whilst much attention is paid to what medium to paint with, what brushes to use, and so on, the surface on which we are painting is often overlooked. Some pe...

Choosing a Subject to Paint

In truth there is nothing that be seen visually that cannot be painted. There are, however, some things you may wish to consider before choosing a subject to...

Contextualising Your Work

Many an artwork and artist has been separated from their peer group merely on the basis upon which they contextualise their work. In some cases two artists w...

Surrealism is a style developed in the early 20th Century and highly influenced by philosophical and psychological currents of the time. The Surrealist Movem...

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How to Sell My Paintings and Drawings?

The first and most important thing you need to do is some thorough market research. You must establish there is a solid and large enough audience for your wo...

Artwork Preparation and Equipment You May Need

The preparation of materials prior to starting work on a piece of art is one of the essential stages of the art and design process. There is no one way to ge...

Understanding Performance Art

Performance art refers to art literally acted out by a human using their body, and often some props, in order to create the artwork. Performance art therefor...

Producing a Finished Work

Whilst starting a work can be difficult, finishing can be equally tricky, demanding a level of awareness that can often leave a budding artist flummoxed! Oft...

Understanding Video Art

For the beginner artist who has a flair for drawing and painting these being the routes through which most people enter in practising the Fine Arts, media su...

Contextualising Your Work

Many an artwork and artist has been separated from their peer group merely on the basis upon which they contextualise their work. In some cases two artists w...

Understanding the Art World

The Art World can be a daunting place for an artist starting out on their career. For many it will take years to even get a foothold in the galleries, for so...

Gouache is an often overlooked paint medium comprised of watercolour mixed with chalk to give it an entirely opaque effect. Cheaper than high quality oil pai...

Realist Painting and Drawing

A realist work of art is one in which real things, people or events are depicted as if they are real. The aim with realist drawing or painting is to construe...

Using Oil Paint

Oil paint is made by mixing pigment with an oil binder. Painters have employed it long before it became popularly available (it had previously proved too exp...

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