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The Little Death – A Character Exploration

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, October 16th, 2020

This month I give you a short time lapse video that represents roughly an hour or so of drawing....

So To Continue….

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, August 21st, 2020

So to continue about continuing education…. I took the Amaya Gurpide online seminar earlier this...

Continuing Education

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, July 24th, 2020

Somewhere around 2001 I found the original Concept.org website. I don’t know what led me there...

From Different Angles

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, June 26th, 2020

Sometimes when I work I get too used to doing things a certain way. When I notice this happening I...

The Fourth Question

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, May 29th, 2020

Probably the next, most asked question I get after “What kind of pencils do you use?” is “How much...

An Ongoing list…

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, May 1st, 2020

Inspiration time! For this month’s post I decided to highlight a few artists that you may or may...

Keeping the Door Open

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, April 3rd, 2020

I almost named this article Holding the Door, but too many Hodor jokes popped into my head....

Opening Doors

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, March 6th, 2020

This month I thought I’d share a bit of the process of my latest piece I am working on. This piece...

FrankenEasel

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, February 7th, 2020

Hi All, I thought this month I would share this new easel setup that I’ve come to devise. First,...

Book Worship

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, January 10th, 2020

This month I’m basically playing catch up on everything that has fallen behind during the last two...

It’s a Wash

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, November 15th, 2019

I thought I might share with you my process for the graphite wash technique that I get asked about...

Discipline vs Inspiration and other tangents (including the use of tangents)

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, September 20th, 2019

Most of us have heard the phrase, “Don’t wait for inspiration to get to work.” and most of us have...

Half Baked

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, August 23rd, 2019

This time around on Muddy Colors I thought I’d relate a particular situation that happens to me...

Hands and Feet

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, July 26th, 2019

“You can get away with a lot if you learn how to draw hands and feet.” –[I...

Studio Hacks and Stuff

Posted by Allen Williams | Friday, June 28th, 2019

Everyone’s process is tailored to their personal needs. Very often it seems difficult to find...

Margaret Stermer-Cox on 10 Things I Remember…About ProcrastinatingHi Greg, thank you for sharing your experience and insight. It is funny how the same things (ie about procrastination and fear) said a different way c…
Margriet on How to Paint Skin – 10th Anniversary Video Giveaway!So much great information. I paused a lot going through the video, so I could let it sink in. The fact that two people discuss/ cooperate in this vide…
Preston on How to Paint Skin – 10th Anniversary Video Giveaway!thanks a bunch MC!
Marion Boddy-Evans on 10 things…10 bestCongrats on 10 years! MC us an invaluable resource, and a favourite regular read.
hena on 10 things…10 bestLove your brushwork, always such a pleasure to see!

Author: Allen Williams

The Little Death – A Character Exploration

So To Continue….

Continuing Education

From Different Angles

The Fourth Question

An Ongoing list…

Keeping the Door Open

Opening Doors

FrankenEasel

Book Worship

It’s a Wash

Discipline vs Inspiration and other tangents (including the use of tangents)

Half Baked

Hands and Feet

Studio Hacks and Stuff

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