Select Page
Generic filters
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Filter by Content Type
Posts
Pages
Products
Filter by Categories
Art
Article
Education
Event
Inspiration
Interview
Review

TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Messages to Your Creative Self

Lisa Cyr

Every year, it is important to look at your artistic goals. As a new year is about to begin, I would like to share with you a process that is not only enlightening but empowering. In order to gain the most benefit from this process, you must free yourself from all distractions. The effectiveness of this experience is greatly diminished if it is done under stress or chaotic circumstances. My suggestion is to possibly go…

READ MORE

EVERYDAY ORIGINAL

Bounty

YESTERDAY’S POST

Image

Core Shadows and Form Shadows

Ron Lemen

November 27, 2023 - I hope you have all been well and good.  This is a bit art schoolish but I had a few questions sent to me about shadows and any tips on the variations of tone within them.   I have a quick short tutorial on the differences in form and core shadows, and how to build them up.   This is the reference I am working from.       This is the armature stage, locating and containing the spaces where the bones will sit under the muscles and the skin.  The ellipses are added to help generate a much stronger impression of form.     Here is a more advanced line design with the muscle forms, which are more like inflated cylinders and American football forms.  The ellipses around the cylinders allow me to feel the…

READ MORE

POSTS BY CATEGORY

ART

ARTICLES

EDUCATION

EVENTS

INSPIRATION

INTERVIEWS

REVIEWS

RECENT COMMENTS

Recent Comments

ABOUT MUDDY COLORS

Muddy Colors is a collective of more than 20 artists, dedicated to providing a free, online resource for aspiring and professional artists alike.

With a library of thousands of articles, and a new one being posted each day, Muddy Colors is the largest educational website dedicated to the Fantastic Arts.

SUPPORT US ON PATREON

We are using Patreon as an opportunity to ask our readers for support in our endeavors.

These funds will be used to provide better content for our readers, maintain website expenses, and support aspiring artists through Muddy Colors programs and scholarships.