Art Prof

Useless drawing supplies do exist! Find out what supplies are a waste of money, and why they can make your life as an artist miserable. Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Lauryn Welch and Jordan McCracken-Foster.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

See techniques for how to paint fur with acrylics. Find out specific ways to handle your brushes and ways to mix and apply the paints to capture the textures of fur. Demo by Art Prof Clara Lieu.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

See marker & ink techniques for quickly sketching a likeness from characters in Moulin Rouge the Musical. Ways to capture gesture, personality, and facial expressions are shown in depth. Demo by Art Prof Clara Lieu.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

Gatekeeping is often responsible for why you can't make progress as an artist. There are so many barriers for artists that are held up by schools, museums, other artists, nepotism, personal connections and more. Find out where gatekeeping happens in the art world, and what you can do to combat it. Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Lauryn Welch.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

Instagram can be frustrating for artists, when what you post doesn't get any tractions. Chances are, you are doing specific things that stagnate potential growth. Find out what you need to stop doing and learn about changes you can make. Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Guest Artist Dorian Epps.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

Going viral with one of your artworks isn't as great as it might seem to artists. Artwork that goes viral actually isn't that helpful in terms of establishing yourself as an artist and building a long term relationship with your following or getting into museums and galleries. Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artist Mia Rozear and Guest Artist Dorian Epps.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

There is so much advice for artists that is terrible and can make the art making process stressful and frustrating! Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Mia Rozear and Cat Huang.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

See the reasons the line of action can make figure drawing more difficult and misleading, especially in terms of anatomical structure and getting a true understanding of what a gesture drawing entails. Discussion with Art Prof Clara Lieu.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

See how to build a sturdy, wire armature for a sculpture of a dog. Tools are explained and the different gauges of wires that are required to build an armature that will hold up well when sculpting. Demo by Art Prof Clara Lieu.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/ 

Find out how to know when to finish your painting before you overwork it! See a demo that walks through the thinking process of when to stop working. Brush techniques are shown to achieve a diversity of strokes and direction. Demo by Art Prof Clara Lieu.

Join our Patreon group where you can share your art in weekly voice sessions with staff, get critiques from Prof Lieu, and find support in a small group of artists: https://artprof.org/support-us/