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Tuesday Art Tip: Paint a Color Triangle
This week we’re going to learn how to do a color wheel — sort of. Actually, we’ll be working on a color “triangle”. A color triangle is a great (and fun!) way to see how the primary colors mix and...
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How to Draw Butterflies
I love to play with color, and two of the best subjects for creative use of color are butterflies and flowers. So this week on the blog, we’re featuring some tutorials on how to draw butterflies. Since...
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Video Tip: How to Draw Distant Trees, Pt. 2
Tuesday’s post showed you the technique needed to draw distant trees in chalk, but it was all done in white chalk. Today we’ll do the trees in color. See the Light Chalk Art Tip: How to...
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How to Draw a Distant Mountain with Chalk, Part 2
On Tuesday’s blog, I explained the steps for drawing a mountain in chalk. However, it’s not always easy to work from photographs alone. So, in today’s post, I’ve included a video tip that will show...
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How to Draw a Lighted Christmas Tree with Black Light Chalk
I love to draw Christmas trees–with lots of lights. And what better way to do that than with black light chalk? Here’s a short video tip that will show you how to draw an evergreen tree and then load...
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How to Turn a Star of Bethlehem into a Cross with Black Light Chalk
It’s Christmas Eve, and here’s one more fun trick you can do with black light chalk. Draw a Star of Bethlehem with regular chalk (or pastel), then draw a cross on top of it with fluorescent chalk....
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Friday Resource: More Free Watercolor Tutorials
Image credit: © Sandra Cunningham – Fotolia.com For today, Laurel, my lovely wife and research assistant extraordinaire, has found several Web sites with some beginner level watercolor tutorials. Two...
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Learning Composition with Rembrandt
Rembrandt: The Three Crosses For the next two posts, we’re going to be focusing our attention on principles of composition. Here’s a short exercise to get you started. The best way to begin studying...
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Valentine’s Day Greetings from See the Light
Whenever I’m asked to do a chalk drawing for Valentine’s Day, I do this picture. So, on behalf of all of us at See the Light, here’s a special “black light” valentine. Share!
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What is Lecturer’s Chalk? (Getting Started in Chalk Art, Pt.7)
The most important part of a chalk artist’s toolkit is the chalk. In today’s video tip, STL chalk artist Jim Pence explains why chalk artists use “lecturer’s chalk” and demonstrates the different...
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Six Super Short Art Tips — Tip #3: What are Oil Pastels?
photo credit: Fruit bowl via photopin (license) Years ago, when I was first beginning to explore different artistic mediums, I was thrilled to discover oil pastels. Why? Because I didn’t have much...
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How Invisible Fluorescent (Black Light) Chalk Works.
Eternity Arts – Invisible Black Light Chalk Starter Set On this blog, you hear me talk a lot about lecturer’s chalk, black light chalk and invisible fluorescent chalk. But did you know that every...
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How to Turn the Star of Bethlehem into a Cross with Black Light Chalk
Christmas is just around the corner. So, this week and next I’m going to re-post my two favorite Christmas black light effects. You can do these with either lecturer’s chalk or pastels. They’re fun and...
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How to Draw a Lighted Christmas Tree with Black Light Chalk
Christmas is only a few days away, so I thought I’d re-post one of my favorite videos: How to Draw a Lighted Christmas Tree with Black Light Chalk. I love to draw Christmas trees–with lots of lights....
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Understanding Linear Perspective
[Guest post by STL Master Artist, Pat Knepley] Photo credit: Perspective Projection via photopin (license) A good drawing is an illusion. With great skill, an artist can create a drawing that looks...
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Drawing with Chalk Podcast — Episode 6: Improvising a Desert Sunset
On this week’s podcast, Jim demonstrates how to improvise a sunset effect with chalk (or pastels). Jim draws on lecturer’s chalk and bogus paper, which you can buy at Eternity Arts: eternityarts.com....
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Drawing with Chalk Podcast – Episode 7: 4-Step Chalk Drawing (Create a Sky)
In this week’s video (produced in 2013), Jim demonstrates step by step how to create a seascape chalk drawing, along with an easy black light picture. Be sure to catch all four episodes! Share!
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How to Draw and Paint Fireworks
Image Credit: Hans / Pixabay.com / License: CC0 Next Monday is Independence Day! Are you planning on going to any fireworks displays? I love watching fireworks and have always thought it would be fun...
View ArticleVideo Tip: Nebulas in Black Light Chalk
Last Friday, we looked at how to draw nebulas in pastels or lecturer’s chalk. Now, let’s turn on our black lights and see how to create the same effect with visible or invisible fluorescent chalk....
View ArticleVideo Art Tip: How to Paint a Solar Eclipse, Pt. 2
This week on Art & Bible, we’re continuing our mixed media painting of the solar eclipse. In part two of the Watercolor Solar Eclipse project, Jim Pence demonstrates how to paint the total...
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