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Artwork By D. B. Clemons
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The artwork and writing of David Blaine Clemons. Demonstration of art techniques and the creative processes.
- Added on: Sep 17th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: David Clemons
- Listed in: Arts Mixed Media
- Tags: painting oil acrylic
Recent Posts
Hide Glue Sizing of Paper for Oils
This is a demonstration of how I would prepare paper for oil paints using rabbit skin glue as a sizing liquid. I’ve always used a 10:1 ratio myself (10 parts water to 1 part glue,) but had read elsewhere that I could get the same protection with a ...
Latest Sketches
Here are a few new pencil drawings. . . . . . . . These two above were drawn while watching some old videos. The two below were done on location when we were having some nice warm weather. For quick full scene drawings like the mother loading her mi...
Ink Drawing Finished
Here’s the final version of my ink drawing, @ 16×16 inches. Final drawing Closeup details: ...
Ink Drawing: Wedding Reception v2
Yes, I’ve been doing several reworkings of previous artwork lately. It happens when pieces hang around the studio too long, and I think of was to improve or remake them differently. In this case, it’s an ink drawing I had made last ye...
Refilling Disposable Ink Markers
As I’ve posted here before, ink markers made with pigmented ink are very nice drawing tools, but one of their main shortcomings is that all the ones I’ve found are made to be disposable. That can get rather expensive and wasteful. It is, ...
Art Instruction School Course Books 1972-74
When I was a teenager I clipped out an advertisement from one of my comic books for the Art Instruction Schools, a correspondence course out of Minneapolis, MN. They responded with a “Talent Kit” booklet of various drawings that I made copies of...
