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Quick! Look in the mirror! I am hoping that you are smiling. If you are, you are seeing the Zygomaticus major, Zygomaticus minor and Risorius muscles working together to retract the corners of the mouth upwards and towards the back of your head. But, smiles are not just limited to the mouth. Your orbicularis oculi muscle has raised your cheeks and compressed your eyes.
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Lets look at a smiling face and compare it with a straight face. Here are a few tips to remember. The forehead is very relaxed during a smile. The two eyelids get closer together and the top lid forms a less curved rainbow shape. The cheeks become pushed up like a mountain growing in height due to the movement of continental plates. In other words, the cheeks are literally pinched between the eye and the mouth, and this pushes the cheeks flesh away from the skull. There is little change to the nose.

There are common features to smiles. Notice how straight the top lip becomes and notice the trapezoid shape that forms above it. The corners of the mouth usually extend past the mid point of the eye. The eyebrows of most people remain neutral during a smile. Notice the symmetrical arcs that form which seem to connect the eyebrows to the folds in the cheek. Finally, notice that when people smile, the top row of teeth are often the only teeth, which are visible.

Now lets learn how to draw a smiling face. Please note that this is only the first of two videos which I plan to release on the topic. In this video, I will make eight cartoon like sketches. In video two will do a realistic two hour drawing. I hope that you will watch both videos, because they will give you a solid understanding of how to draw a smile. But, before the demo, we have an incoming message from the moon. Aw thanks, Little Old Man. It is OK to leave the whites of the eyes a little darker when drawing a smile! Trapezoid shape between the nose and upper lip. Slightly darker shadows around the eyes...especially if you are drawing an older person. This figure has eyes which seem totally shut (which is OK). Notice the strong line (arc) from the eyebrows to the folds in the cheek. Everything on the face can be a bit tighter. A smile tightens the skin like a face lift (with the exception of the neck). If the lighting calls for it, you can be more distinct with lines on the face. Notice the dark edges at the side of the mouth. These occur due to the rounded shape of the gums and teeth. Notice this in all of the figures so far. Drawing the head from three quarters (3/4) view.....General Tip: The eyes get foreshortened and the inner corners are slightly closer together. The trapezoid becomes more triangular. The rule about the mouth reaching past the middle of the eye becomes skewed. A more subtle smile. If the smile was more intense, his facial muscles would be more taut. Crows FeetT happen to older people when the eyes are taut!!!! CAW! The raising of the cheeks can affect the appearance of the jaw bone. (Mandible)

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In this video I am going to share a very effective training technique that I use in my classroom. It is a strategy tailored for novice artists and it will make you better at drawing what you see (also known as the skill of rendering). I call this process mass drawing / line drawing. The process will seem awkward at first, but I have seen students get great results once they understand the process. So please give it a chance. All that you will need is a highlighter, a pencil and some paper. Lets begin.

This is a mass drawing. I used the highlighter to make a silhouette of the cartoon character, Ni Hao Kai Lan. I scribbled it in quickly and as a single mass. This will serve as a guide for the second step, the line drawing.

This is a line drawing. Notice that it is done directly over the mass drawing. But don't just outline; make corrections. The mass drawing will enable you to see the big picture and the mistakes that you made. Many of my students have found it much easier than guessing on a blank sheet of paper. So dont outline your mass drawing make corrections while doing the line drawing.

Take a second to look at how many changes I made to the original mass, such as the right arm, the shoes and the hair.

Still confused, thats ok, watch the process a few times and you will begin to understand it. Remember that it is just a drill and drills are used to build good habits for the future. This drill will help you build observation skills and comparative skills which will help you develop the ability to draw what you see. I don't expect you to use a highlighter for long. In fact, I will show you a more advanced method, later on in the video. I will also teach you a really cool trick that will get rid of the color from the highlighter.

But for now, remember that there are two steps to this process. Use the highlighter to create a mass drawing of what you are trying to draw. If you are very new to drawing, try to make your mass drawing a similar size to your reference picture or object. With more experience, you can experiment with scale. Remember that step two, the line drawing, is meant to be a correction of step one.

I have observed that when my students do this process for the first time, they struggle a bit, and complain that the yellow or pink from the highlighter "throws them off". Please remember that it takes three tries, on average, to get fully acquainted with this process. I have also observed that the students who improve the fastest, look at their reference image more often. Get in the habit of looking at your reference image at least once for every five seconds.

To get rid of the color from the highlighter, flip over your drawing and start to scribble all over the back. It is easiest to use the side of a graphite stick, but you could also use a pencil. Once the back of your drawing is covered, flip it over again and tape it down over a new piece of paper. Then, retrace over all of the lines. I used a blue pen for this step. When you remove the tape, you will see a perfect print of your drawing

Now, I am using the pencil to create a mass drawing. Notice that I am pressing very lightly while scribbling in the mass. I have observed that using a pencil is a little bit more difficult for beginners due to the tendency to apply too much pressure and leave dark lines. Also it is much easier to differentiate the bright colors from the highlighter then the subtle tones of a pencil. Still, after you feel that you are progressing with the markers, move on to this step. Do not worry about mastering the process with the highlighter, just get comfortable enough, and move on.

Thank you for watching my video, I reply to all of my comments, so feel free to ask me a question, or just let me know how it goes. Remember to try this at least three times before you judge the process. I guarantee that it will feel foreign at first, but I have used it for eight years in the classroom with a high success rate so give it some time. Happy drawing everybody!

In my demonstrations, I drew, Ni Hao Kai Lan, Spongebob, Homer Simpson, Moose A. Moose (Noggin), Characters from Yo Gabba Gabba, Lilo from Lilo and Stitch, Wow Wow Wubbzy, Dora the Explorer, Patrick Star (Spongebob), Stitch (Lilo and Stitch and Blue the Dog from Blues Clues (Nickelodeon Noggin). I am confident that this process could teach you how to draw any cartoon.

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The Dark Ages (Middle Ages, Medieval Times) is my favorite period in art history. Monks did most of the artwork and kept literacy alive. The Roman infrastructure broke down after Constantine the Great (Constantine II) moved the capital to Byzantium (later Constantinople). Roads crumbled, barbarians sacked....people stayed still.....Latin broke down in to English, French, Spanish Italian, Romanian and Catalan. The artwork was called "gothic" by later art historians (which was an insulting term).

While the work lacked realism, it sure had a lot of character! I was inspired to do this mixed media work of art due to my fascination on this period in history. To make this artwork, Church vs. Crown, I used, pencil, color pencil, illustration marker,

This video will give you step by step instruction on how to draw Nicki Minaj. Grab a pencil and some paper and follow the steps at your own pace.

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This one is for the boys who want a drawing system
Step One, Step Two, Ill share my drawing wisdom.
Gonna draw the mug, of Nicki Minaj
Just relax, grab a pen, park like garage

Im Merrill, and im real, Ill make you a deal
About Face all the time, a portrait revealed
My Pencil, it is dope, I draw for the pope
I always on the air, unless your internet is broke

Now Excuse me Merrill
Youre a hell of a guy
You cant rap for shit
But your drawings are fly.
You make me want to try
To draw portraits alright.
And your humor is dry.
You a troll? Hit the like

Your time I won't waste
Just draw at your pace
Sketch and erase
You wont have to trace
In the end youll have a Super Face.

This is the extended shading tutorial on how to draw Kurt Cobain of Nirvana. Pause the video at different points and use the image on the screen as your reference image. I am combining two methods called 1.) cross hatching and 2.) smudging.....right now. Pause the video at different points and use the image on the screen as your reference image. It doesnt get very dark under the eyes.......however, above the eyes (between the eye and the eyebrow) it gets very dark. Kurt has dark and full eyebrows. Use a #2 (HB) pencil to start. Dont be scared to press hard in the eye region. The nose is tricky. The darkest part is the nostril (not part of the step by step video). But the entire shape of the bottom of the nose gets pretty dark. After, I fill it in, observe it, then draw it. I am using a #7 Bristle Flat brush for the shading. The top lip is dark and solid in shape. The LEFT side of his face (the side on YOUR right) is lighter in tone than the right side. The bottom left corner of the page will get very dark. I "went right in" with a 6B pencil. REMEMBER, shading is all about RELATIVITY, so compare the tones of the different areas of the image, The shape at the bottom of the face will eventually be blended in with other dark tones. In order to make the hair "pop out" you need to darken the background. (Its all about relativity!!!) The hair is a LOT of Adding....then erasing.....adding...then erasing ....Be sure to make your strokes in the same direction at the hair in this reference image.....Notice that I am using the eraser to "draw". Now the "PORTRAIT" begins....Now it looks like a human being......but I have to "wrestle" with it to make it look like Kurt Cobain. Use a slip sheet (look under my hand) when you get this far. The darkest areas have several layers of hatching. (8B pencil).

The Machine Thinks, Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and Waltz - Tschikovsky Op. 40 are by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com and are under a Creative Commons license (attribution). I will credit Mr. MacLeod in the video description. All visuals are made by me (Merrill Kazanjian). I understand and choose to comply with the rules of copyright law.

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Its time for YOU to draw Beyonce. All that you will need is a pencil with an eraser, a blending stump or Q-Tip and a large index card. Be sure to stop the video at the end of each step and look at the reference picture on the computer screen. No drawing experience? Doesnt matter. You are gonna surprise yourself!
Step 1- Make a rainbow shape at the top of your large index card. Notice that the top of the rainbow is at the very top of the card. Then make the oval Notice that the bottom of the oval is more pointed than the top.
Step 2- Continue the line at the end of the rainbow down to the mid point of the card and then curve it upwards to the bottom of the oval. Do this on both sides.
Step 3- Try to match the two lines that I just added. Use the sides of the index card to gage their accuracy.
Step 4- Use your observation skills to draw the two lines that I just added. This will eventually be the bottom of Beyonce's left arm.
Step 5- Do the same for the top of her left arm.
Step 6- Now, create the top of her forearm. Hint, notice the shape that is formed in the background, think of this shape as a puzzle piece and use it to tweak the shapes around it.
Step 7- Create the V shape on her dress. Notice that the bottom of the V ends at the mid point of the shape that was formed in the previous step.
Step 8- I slightly changed the shape at the bottom of the hair on the left and created a neck. I also made another shape within the hair.
Step 9- I created another shape within the hair.
Step 10- I changed the side of her hair. I made 7 wild curls at the bottom with a wave above it.
Step 11- Take a second to observe and draw the shapes that I just drew on the other side of her hair.
Step 12- I exposed the neck some more by curling up the bottom of the hair on the left side of her head.
Step 13- I put a line for the shadow under her breasts
Step 14- I added an earring
Step 15- I added a belt
Step 16- I added two ovals on the face for the eye sockets. These will be broken down in to smaller shapes.
Step 17- I added a shape for the shadow on the right side of Beyonce's nose. Put this in very lightly
Step 18- I added Beyonces top lip. The shape is similar to a flattened McDonalds arch.
Step 19- I added Beyonce's bottom lip. Notice that it is wider than the top lip and has a shadow at the bottom.
Step 20- I added the eyebrows at the top of the eye socket
Step 21- I added her eyes. In this picture she is wearing a lot of eye liner, so the lines at the top and bottom of the eye could be similar in width.

After the step by step, I talk you through she difficult shading of the hair face and body. You will see me demonstrate strategies on how to shade hair with pencil, a tortillion (blending stump) and an eraser. I will also show you how to get a soft (smoothly shaded) face and how to build up the tones through layers of hatching to do the clothes and the body.

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Su tiempo para dibujar Beyonce. Todo lo que usted necesita es un lápiz con una goma de borrar, un difumino o Q-Tip y una tarjeta de índice general. Asegúrese de dejar el vídeo al final de cada paso y mirar el cuadro de referencia en la pantalla del ordenador. Sin experiencia de dibujo? Doesnt matter. Estás va a sorprenderte a ti mismo!

What would a "merger" of Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Donald Trump, Mr. Krabs, Jim Cramer and the Monopoly Guy look like? Watch the video to find out! Sell Sell Sell !!!! Artmorph by Merrill Kazanjian

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Tradigital art incorporates traditional materials with digital media. This video illustrates the tradigital process step by step (demonstration by artist Merrill Kazanjian). Link- http://merrillk.com/index.php?part=publications
This video will also highlight the use of opaque paint markers (Especially Decocolor) and their many uses in a work of art.
Kazanjian's process for this artwork-
1.) Pencil Drawing (regular HB pencil)
2.) Digital Scan
3.) Digital Collage with Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop
4.) Print
5.) Illustration Markers
6.) Opaque Paint Markers
7.) Scan (Again)
8.) Digital Touch Ups with Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop
9.) Save as PNG file
10.) Juxtapose PNG file
Arte Tradigital incorpora materiales tradicionales con medios digitales. Este vídeo muestra el proceso paso a paso tradigital (demostración de la artista Merrill Kazanjian). Link-http://merrillk.com/index.php?part=publications
Este vídeo también se hará hincapié en el uso de marcadores de pintura opaca (especialmente Decocolor) y sus múltiples usos en una obra de arte.
Proceso de Kazanjian para esta obra de arte -
1.) Lápiz de dibujo (lápiz HB regular)
2.) Digital Scan
3.) Collage digital con Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop
Imprimir 4.)
Marcadores Ilustración 5.)
6.) Opaco Paint Markers
7.) Scan (nuevo)
8.) Digital Touch Ups con Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop
9.) Guardar como archivo PNG
10.) Juxtapose PNG
Tradigital art incorpore des matériaux traditionnels avec les médias numériques. Cette vidéo illustre le procédé étape par étape tradigital (démonstration par l'artiste Merrill Kazanjian). Link-http://merrillk.com/index.php?part=publications
Cette vidéo sera également en évidence l'utilisation de marqueurs de peinture opaque (Surtout Decocolor) et leurs nombreuses utilisations dans une œuvre d'art.
Processus Kazanjian pour cette oeuvre -
1.) Dessin au crayon (crayon ordinaire HB)
2.) Digital Scan
3.) Digital Collage avec Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop
4.) Imprimer
5.) Marqueurs Illustration
6.) Opaque Paint Markers
7.) Scan (Again)
8.) Digital Touch Ups avec Paint Shop Pro / Photoshop
9.) Enregistrer en tant que fichier PNG
10.) Juxtapose fichier PNG

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Think about it......If you give a child something to write with, they going to make images. Its an instinct, ingrained in every human being. As we get older we learn our letters and we suppress our visual instincts. Many people never attempt to reach their potential in drawing because they are scared of messing up or looking bad. You don't have to worry about messing up today......Tell em why Little Old Man!

As I was saying.....Today, YOU are going to Draw Katy Perry and you are going to surprise yourself with the quality of your work. I recommend that you hit the link in the video description. The link will take you to a page on my website with photos and text. This guide on my website will enhance your understanding of what I am teaching you in this video. Everybody grab your pencils and paper, lets get started.

Step 1: Draw a bowl shape.
Step 2: Observe and draw the nose shape at the top of the bowl shape. Notice its size and placement within the bowl shape. Also, add the lines which look like parentheses; notice their angle and their placement compared to the outside of the bowl shape.
Step 3: Add the three shapes to make the smile. Notice the placement of these shapes, compared to the nose and the smile lines. Be sure to notice that the upper lip is the smallest of the three shapes and the bottom lip is the biggest.
Step 4: Draw in the teeth. Notice that each tooth appears to become smaller as they go further back in the mouth. This is not the case in real life, but it is when we draw a smile. Try not to darken the lines between the teeth too much.
Step 5: Merrill? What the HECK is THAT? Relax! Don't worry!....Ill make this nice and simple. First, notice that the new shape is taller than the bowl shape. The triangular shape at the top center is slightly wider than the nose shape. Look closely and notice that the left side is squared and the right side is rounded. Also, be sure to see that the right side is lower than the left.
Step 6: Listen, youre a firework!!!! Don't freak out! This is EASY! Hair moves all the time. You do not need to get this shape perfectly. Use your observational skills to get the general shape of the hair. Again, don't be intimidated by this step.... just generalize what you see.
Step 7: Draw in the eye shapes. Notice that there is one eye length between the eyes. Notice the difference in size between the top eyelashes and the bottom ones. Notice the size of the iris compared to the whites of the eye.
Step 8: Draw in the shapes for her body.

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This video is going to show you how to draw Megan Fox. It doesn't matter what your experience level is at drawing. All you have to do is follow the step by step instructions in this video. If you give it a try, you might transform your artistic skills.
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Step 1.) Draw the rainbow shape and the wavy line below it.
Step 2.) Turn the rainbow shape in to an egg shape. Notice that the bottom part of the egg shape is bigger than the top. Add the two ellipses below the wavy line. Notice that the two elipses are slightly different from each other. The one on your right is more circular and the one on the left is more oval like.
Step 3.) Step 3 is the tricky step. Take some extra time to observe before you draw. Notice the placement and shape of the squiggly line for the nose. It is slightly lower than the half way point of the egg shape for the head. It is not as wide as the flattened M shape for the top lip. When you draw the top lip, be sure to observe that it is closer to the nose, than the chin.
Step 4.) Add the bottom lip and the space between the lips. Notice that I put a darker line below where the teeth will go. The bottom lip is similar to the width of the two shapes above it.
Step 5.) Just breathe! While this step looks difficult it is not urgent to perfectly get the shape of the hair. Remember,,,,,With the exception of the MTV show, Jersey Shore, hair is moving and never in a constant shape. Observe the hair in this image and draw it on your paper.
Step 6.) Add the eyes and eye brows. Notice that the eyebrows are at the top of the ellipses and the eyes fall in the center of the shapes. Notice that there is a double line over each eye. Also notice where the pupil and iris fall within the eye shape. Dont go too dark (yet) on the pupil and iris. She has green eyes. Dont go too dark (yet) on the pupil and iris. She has green eyes. is applied, the lashes stick together in a triangular shape. Her lashes are SUPER long. You can add that as a dark value right away. Dont go too dark (yet) on the pupil and iris. She has green eyes. When make up is applied, the lashes stick together in a triangular shape. The eyebrows can be shaded in as one tone (usually there is variation). The tone should be dark. Make sure that the bottom lashes are NOT as long as the top. With the mascara, her bottom lashes seem to be half the length of the top ones. This will seem wierd!.....But, the way that her head was turned, I only put in one nostril (with a hint of the second one......SOMEONE CALL STAR MAGAZINE! Megan Fox only has one nostril! Just kidding! :) Looks kind of scary now!....All drawings go through their arkward stages....at least mine do! Try to develop all parts of your drawing at the same pace The nose is tricky in this picture. There is a strong shadow on the right side of her face, but it is very complex. It is darkest 1.) in the nostril, 2.) followed by the bottom of the nose. 3.) The top of the nose by the right eye......It will take time to develop these tones. Notice how far back I hold my pencil.....I recommend that you try it! It works well for drawing and shading. When I need more control, I hold it closer to the tip. That brush is VERY soft tipped! I will use a bristle brush later.....and a blending stump. The bristle brush and the blending stump move the graphite more effectively, the soft tip brush gives a smoother blend. I use a HB pencil for most of the skin shading. I used a 4B for the lashes, eyes, nose, brows and the corner of the mouth. That is the 4B drawing pencil. That is the shadow created by her hair (overlapping her face), It is a very important shadow for this drawing to be believable. Corners of the mouth 4B..... lips HB. Shadow at the bottom of the bottom lip.....dont go too dark! Go light on the lines between the teeth. Hint at their existence....especially at the gum line. That is a 9B Graphite stick. It is extra wide to cover large areas. A graphite stick is the SAME THING as a pencil. The hair is very variable. I just recommend that you take the shape from this picture...but dont feel pressure to get it perfectly. Notice what I did on (her) right side....I drew in strong lines with the 9B graphite stick and then hatched (cross hatching) over it with a few lighter pencils (lighter as in 7B, 4B, HB). After I finish the hair, notice how much I use the HB pencil for the skin tones- (the yellow and the blue pencils are the HB's) megan fox magazine cover megan fox fashion "megan fox videos"

Graffiti Characters Bombing the Boulevard daily. out the techniques that I use to make art. But, for once, I want to talk to you about choices that I made with my own art. The first medium that I was proficient in was oil painting. But after college ended, I was too drained to paint after I got home from a day of work. The setup and clean up of paints took as long as the process of painting and the drying time was way too slow for my needs. I estimate that I painted only once or twice per week for about three hours per day and I only produced about two finished paintings per year. I did this for six years.

I slowly started dabbling with mixed media art. What you are seeing now is a process that I have worked out over the past 2 years for the past two years. This process allows me to have results similar to oil paintings, done in one day rather than six months. I even incorporate oil paint in to one of the steps.

Here it is:
1.) Pencil Drawing
2.) Illustration Markers (prismacolor, Ad, Decocolor)
3.) Color Pencil
4.) Thin Layer of Oil Paint
5.) Digital Additions (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro)

I use this process to make my characters. Over the last 2 years I have made over 1500 characters. I scan them and save them as PNG files and I use them over and over in my artwork. PNG files stand for Portable Network Graphic and they are basically a filetype that works like a sticker. Stay tuned until the end of the video and I will show you what I mean. Contact me through my website merrillk.com or leave me a youtube comment and I will be sure to get back to you.

I used about five reference images for this work. I merged them (took my favorite parts of each and did this pencil drawing. The hand gesture was one of the best drawings that I did of a hand from my memory (head). This video is on time lapse, nut the pencil drawing part took the longest out of all the steps. Now I am using Illustration Markers (Prismacolor, Pantone, Ad Chartpak). The markers serve as the equivalent of an underpainting....they are fast, accurate and available in a variety of pre mixed colors and tones. The shirt will eventually be white, but I wanted the blue/green color to peek through the white when I add it in the next few steps. I am a HUGE fan of Prismacolor color pencils. They allow me to be accurate and to work with translucent color (meaning that light can only partially penetrate a layer of color pencil). Skin is translucent. Color pencils also blend (mix) very well with each other. Notice that I use several different, but similar (in tone and color) color pencils to do the arms and the shirt. Q: Why do paintings (most often) look more realistic than drawings?

A: Paintings are made of SEVERAL layers of (dried) transparent to translucent paint while drawings are done in one complex layer. Music by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com Song Protofunk

Learn how to draw a female nerd step by step! Just follow my instruction and it will be easy!

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See this guy? His tutorial has been on my channel for a few years......and he needs a girlfriend. So, take out your pocketbook protectors...... because this video will teach you how to draw a Female Nerd. Shes gonna be hot......in the Jeopardy sort of way. All you need is some drawing paper and pencil. Just listen to my steps and I will guide you through the process.

This video will teach you how to draw a cat with colored pencil. You will learn how to blend colors and how to use color pencils. I have been reading your comments. You want to see the whole process and many of you have asked for color pencil tutorial. This is a definite deviation from the norm, so please tell me what you think.

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Welcome to part 4 of my painting video. We are now going to talk about finishing a painting with a strategy called glazing. When an artist glazes he or she adds transparent color as the final layers of a painting. That means that an artist usually uses paints that are transparent to translucent. Most paint companies, put a marker on the outside of their tubes to let a customer know about the properties of the paint. An empty box means that the color is transparent, a half filled box means that the paint is translucent. For any beginner who wishes to try glazing, buy paints that are transparent to translucent.

I have a list of transparent to translucent paints on my website Merrillk.com. The "glazing colors" which I used to finish this painting are in a list at the end of the video description. When I set up my palette, I combine these special paints with a painting medium called Liquin....... But what does the painting medium do? And how does it help you glaze? Let me explain with an analogy; think of frozen orange juice and frozen grape juice! When these two juices are frozen in their containers, they are opaque, meaning that you cannot see through them. But, when you add the correct amount of water, the frozen orange juice becomes translucent and the frozen grape juice becomes transparent. In other words, the concentrated forms of these juices become diluted and the mixture spreads out.........Now think of the popular drinks, Gatorade, Vitamin Water, or Life Water....They are even more diluted from their concentrated form!

Glazing works the same way, but with paint medium, rather than water. The tube of paint is the equivalent of the frozen concentrated juice and the painting medium is the equivalent of the water. When a painter employs the strategy of glazing, he or she adds a good amount of painting medium to transparent and translucent paints.
My personal preference is to mix equal amounts of oil paint and Liquin Painting Medium on the palette with a palette knife.....and I usually leave a pool of Liquin on the side, so that I can dilute the mixture even more, if I need to.

Artists have put hundreds of layers of glazes on a painting, but you have to wait for the previous layer to dry. Now I will demonstrate the process.

Be sure use soft tipped brushes when you glaze oil paint. A fan brush is also a great tool to use. Fan brushes are used to spread wet paint on a paintings surface. They do not carry a lot of paint which is an advantage if you want to blend paint evenly (a brush that carries a lot of paint such as a large round brush has to be used VERY DELICATELY).

When I glaze, I usually apply the paint with round brushes. BUT, I manipulate the paint that I applied with fan brushes.

You can Glaze an Oil Painting Countless Times

The colors that I used to glaze were, Ultramarine Blue, Ultramatine Purple, Italian Brown Pink Lake and Davy's Grey from Old Holland Classic Oil Colors, Asphaltum Black from Mussini Oil Colors Chromatic Black from Gamblin Oil Colors and Zinc White from Vasari Oil Colors.

This video will give you step by step instruction on how to draw a Ferrari 599 GTB. And after I give you step by step instruction, I will then teach you how to add color to your drawing with colored pencils and paint. Millions of people have watched my tutorials and thousands have successfully completed them. And you are the next person to surprise yourself with your artistic abilities. All that you will need at this moment is a piece of drawing paper and a pencil.

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Step 1: Draw the shape that looks like a rounded trapezoid. Notice, but don't over stress the angle at which is points downwards and its proximity to the left side of the page.
Step 2: Yep. More polygons. Add the trapezoid shape and the pointy shape above it.
Step 3: I am at a loss for words in terms of naming all of the new shapes, but names arent important, placement is. For instance, notice where the U shape connects with the trapezoid shape from step 1. Also notice that the left side of the door shape starts its arc just before the half way point of the trapezoid shape from step 1.
Step 4: Add the ovals for the tire. Yes I said ovals. Actually, take a close look at the new shape. It is egg like.
Step 5: Add the rear of the car.
Step 6: Add the rear tire.
Step 7: I warn you that this is the trickiest step. Use your observation skills and closely observe the lines. They are both slightly arced. Now look at the two headlights. Notice that the one that is higher is also smaller than the one closer to the bottom of the page. This is also due to perspective.
Step 8: Add the details to the hood. This step is tricky, so use your observation skills to notice that the shapes on the hood get slightly smaller as they go further back.
Step 9: The car is showing its teeth. Youve gotten this far, so carefully observe the placement and add it to your paper.
Step 10: Add the side windows and the mirrors.
Step 11: is optional. Add the rims and the seats.

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Why the long face? This video is a photo morph (photocollage) of the greatest mugshots of all time. I merged Nick Nolte, James Brown, Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) and Miss Arizona contestant Kumari Fulbright.

Mugshots (James Brown, Paul Reubens, Nick Nolte, Kumari Fulbright were taken by government workers (public) and are in the public domain. I also used this photo- http://www.flickr.com/photos/s....cragz/2716825715/siz and this one- http://www.flickr.com/photos/s....tuart_ferrier/261255