Comments on: Insider: Artful Maneuvers – Plain Old Borders

By: Colt Mitchell

Colt Mitchell — Fri, 15 May 2015 22:22:27 +0000

I’m such garbage at mixing colors

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 22:46:58 +0000

In reply to Enyeto.

Thanks Enyeto! The house analogy also helps to show the points made in the last section “It looks awful until it doesn’t”. Laying the framework doesn’t always look good, but walls and a roof couldn’t exist with out it.

I appreciate the helpful comments here

By: Enyeto

Enyeto — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 19:14:16 +0000

Quote: “I always work back to front, meaning objects in the background are painted before objects in the foreground.”

I want to bring this into special note for readers. Unlike drawing with pencil, you are not as able to remove and redo paint work. To have any great success, planning work from background to foreground (in layers as noted) will save many failures. The most noticeable errors are when you forget about adding a certain detail and just plop it in–this makes blending and edging near impossible to hide.

Think about building a house. Step 1 is laying the foundation, followed by framing, interior, then finishing. If you start with the roof, there will be no framing to attach it to… and no foundation to support the structure.

By: Zach Bart

Zach Bart — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 16:31:21 +0000

This is exactly the series I have been looking for. Can’t wait for next week.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 12:47:14 +0000

Very informative, Mike. Thanks for the insight!