A Difference Between Life Drawing and a Thematic Work
Where No One Has Gone Before by Michael Newberry
Chaos, The Bringer of Equilibrium
Counterpose: Chaos, the Bringer of Equilibrium, oil on linen, 36 x 42 inches, studio inventory Chaos was depressed. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't manage to cope with all of the contradictory forces within her: darkness, burning lights, forms, demons, angels, and bright colors. No single element was the answer to the meaning …
Reaching For the High Note, Venus Oil Study
Venus of the Planets
Joy Riding Decades ago at 2:30 a.m. on a back street in La Jolla, I was arrested driving my mom’s ’68 Firebird 400 convertible. I had our tiny mutts Nikki and Dinky as passengers. I was 12 years old. The feeling of driving was incredibly delicious. Riding home in the back of the cop car, …
Pastel on Dark Paper – Just Add Light
Newberry Art Tutorials Pure Colored Light I love working pastel on dark paper for one important reason: the pastel being lighter than the paper directly creates a pure colored light. The paper is dark brown Canson, 19 x 26". You can start with any color you like, but it is important that the tone of …
Lights and Darks in 3’s
Newberry Art Tutorials One big problem that artists face when developing light and shadow in a work is that they tend to have the exact same darks and lights scattered around the surface. The result is that it kills the life out of the drawing! A great way to solve that problem is to celebrate …
Integration, Part 1: Light
Integration, Part 2: Color
Jacob Collins, Sensuous Nature of Light
"I find beauty in observing and in furthering my knowledge about light, the identity of plants and trees, and even such things as the nature of the formation of rocks and land masses."