Top products from r/artistspeakeasy
We found 19 product mentions on r/artistspeakeasy. We ranked the 19 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
1. The Mindful Way Workbook: An 8-Week Program to Free Yourself from Depression and Emotional Distress
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Guilford Publications
2. Canson A5 Watercolour pad Including 10 Sheets of White Cold Pressed Watercolour Paper A5
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This pad is glued on the short side and includes 10 A5 sheets of Canson 300gsm watercolour paper.The paper offers a Cold pressed texture (Not) perfect to paint many type of image.Perfect for beginners, this paper is forgiving and allows lift-off colours to easily correct your work.Limited cockling w...
3. Canson A5 Watercolour pad Including 10 Sheets of White Cold Pressed Watercolour Paper A4
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Number of reviews: 1
This pad is glued on the short side and includes 10 A4 sheets of Canson 300gsm watercolour paper.The paper offers a Cold pressed texture (Not) perfect to paint many type of image.Perfect for beginners, this paper is forgiving and allows lift-off colours to easily correct your work.Limited cockling w...
4. Canson XL Series Mix Paper Pad, Heavyweight, Fine Texture, Heavy Sizing for Wet and Dry Media, Side Wire Bound, 98 Pound, 7 x 10 Inch, 60 Sheets, 7"X10", 0
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Use for: Sketching, drawing, light washes of ink and watercolor, collage, journaling, and moreErases well and blends easilyMicro perforated, true size sheets60 sheets of 98 pound/160 gramAcid free 7 x 10 inch paper
5. Kuretake Fude Water Brush Pen, 3 pens Set(S,M,L) … (M size)
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Number of reviews: 1
[EASE-OF-CONTROL] Developed in a convenient size and shape, Kuretake water brush pen is easy to hold, and allows you to easy control the flow of water by adjusting the pressure applied to the body. As water flows through the brush, it is self-cleaning and does not require the brush to be washed. Det...
6. Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colour Paint Compact Set, Set of 14, Half Pans
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Winsor & Newton Cotman Water Colours are a range of water colours that are made to our high quality standards but costs are kept to an economical level by replacing some of the more costly pigments with less expensive alternatives.Cotman Water Colours possess good transparency, excellent tinting str...
7. Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Design Studio Press
8. Beginner's Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop: Characters
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Beginner s Guide to Digital Painting in Photoshop Characters
9. Art Of How To Train Your Dragon
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
TITAN PUBLISHING GROUP
11. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
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Number of reviews: 1
Harper Perennial
12. Sam Abell: The Photographic Life
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Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
13. Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Used Book in Good Condition
14. The Art of Pixar: 25th Anniv.: The Complete Color Scripts and Select Art from 25 Years of Animation
Sentiment score: 1
Number of reviews: 1
Chronicle Books CA
15. Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
Sentiment score: 0
Number of reviews: 1
Andrews McMeel Publishing
16. Imaginative Realism: How to Paint What Doesn't Exist (Volume 1) (James Gurney Art)
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Number of reviews: 1
Andrews McMeel Publishing
17. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern (Volume 1) (Annotated Series)
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Number of reviews: 1
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Are you just learning to art or do you have goals?
Dynamic Figure Drawing The early bits of learning to draw focus on correct proportions, but just knowing the facts doesn't mean you understand what you're looking at. Learning about weight and line of action can make figure drawings a lot more interesting.
If you're interested in comics Understanding Comics helps you understand how they work, but not how to draw them.
Do you have access to art classes? Have you done any art history? Art history is pretty great for knowing about the masters and the people that paved the way for today's artists. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern This book tries to give a short and succinct summary of most of the art movements, but it's worthwhile to get deeper into parts that interest you. The Ninja Turtles (Michaelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael) are icons of the Renaissance, and I imagine the 11 pages for that time period fail to cover quite a lot of the Renaissance. Art is more than the paintings, it's the culture that is responsible for patronizing their work, it's the lessons they learned in pursuit of grander and grander works (The Monalisa represents a lighting choice - twilight hours with indirect lighting; On either side of her is two-point perspective and atmospheric perspective), the men and women that created these works, how these ideas traveled through the regions, and what their work meant to the artists in the time period they lived in.
I used this one there are others, I assume they are all generally the same. There are parts of this book that really drive home that you aren't alone in these fears & thoughts. Parts of the book reflect back thoughts I've had almost verbatim. It helped me see that these fears I have about myself and my work and my future are all symptoms of my depressed mood. With that I've been able to start to recognize that thoughts aren't reality, and I can step away from my mood and actively work to improve it. (Sorry, that was kind of a ramble...)
Now that I'm done with the book, I've been using an app called Stop, Breathe, & Think it's got some guided meditations and a really good timer. It also has a mood tracking feature, which can be useful.
Personally I had to be convinced to even go on meds, but I think that they help me personally and I see them as a tool to getting better. I still have to do the work, but the meds and the meditation are there to help facilitate the work.
Good luck with everything, and if you'd like an ear to bounce ideas off of, don't hesitate to pm me.
I'd like the tools and space to begin live streaming while I paint. A new desk is paramount, but a bit out of the budget right now. To start I'm hoping for a small tripod for my phone/camera.
Supply wise I have about everything I need right now. Maybe some new brushes would be nice, but that would always be nice.
If you're looking for a watercolor set to add to your list, this is a great travel kit.
a scrapbook of sketches is actually a good idea, i've been thinking about it some time ago, but actually never got around to do it.. thanks for the reminder :)
canson's sketchbook are currently in my amazon shopping cart :D they are not available where i am, so i am wondering if i should go for this one or this one, but i'll probably go for both, since the first one is the right weight of paper for me, but the other is closer to my preferred size to work on. these 160 grams don't make me much of a believer that it will suit me tho.. have you tried this one and how does it compare to the 300 gr mixed media paper?
This is going to be a bit more story like.
Weegee was a photographer in the 30's and 40's. He was known for being the first photographer on the scene for crime scenes. He was the only civilian with a NYPD radio in his car.
But, he took some photos with interesting compositions. This one is fairly famous - an obviously altered scene. Or was it? Another photo (NSFW) that was most likely staged. Specifically it amuses me that for a 'photo never lies', he'd alter the composition of his photos. Maybe there's something in your art that could be added artificially to make it more fun.
Be forewarned if you look up the work of Weegee that there's a lot of blood & gore as he was a crime photographer.
Sam Abell is a National Geographic photographer. This book is fantastic. If you can find a copy, look through it - it shows his famous photos and the before shots while he was figuring them out. This shot is fun as the 'fallen tree' is actually just a small branch. Think about different ways you could compose your scene - maybe something's larger or smaller than it actually is.
Keene Wilson is an artist who seems to largely do water colors. This blog post goes through redoing the same painting a few times, iterating through slightly different choices, altering his composition. This blog post goes into a lot more detail about editing out things that will probably just clutter your design. Remember, your composition is what you want to display to the world - it doesn't have to be what's actually there.
Absolutely do it. Sketching on location can be challenging (and yeah, it can be hard to do when you know people are watching) but it's insanely fun, too.
You covered the basic supplies in my kit. I also bring a handful of watercolor pencils with me (since some museums don't allow actual paint) and a water brush (this thing). I have a couple of plastic clips to keep my sketchbook pages from blowing in the wind, and I use a hardbound sketchbook so I have a sturdy surface to draw on.
I've wondered about getting a foldable camping chair, too. I know some other artists use them, and sitting would be a lot nicer than trying to lean on railings/trash cans/whatever.
If you're interested these are the books on my wish list:
Art of Pixar: The complete colour scripts
The art of How to Train Your Dragon
Beginner's guide to digital painting in Photoshop: Characters
Drawing on the right side of the brain
I would recommend Color Choices by Stephen Quiller when it comes to color theory. The book is relatively inexpensive but Stephen is one of my favorite color masters.
this one. it's pretty interesting because the pages are really large and she breaks down each texture approach in 3-4 steps so you can paint along if you want. i've been unhappy with my own approach to trees lately and i wanted to try some different things.
Maybe the James Gurney books, Imaginative Realism and Color and Light