Ron Lemen | Muddy Colors

Gouache Blending Demonstrations

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, October 3rd, 2020

Here are a few Demonstrations I have done to show several different ways to blend the paint. The...

A Quick Demonstration of A Universal Medium

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, September 5th, 2020

Good September to you all. I am lost in deadlines and almost forgot today was post day. All things...

How to Achieve a Stronger Likeness and What to Memorize for Invention

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, August 8th, 2020

Likeness is a marker that we hope to achieve great success with quickly in art school. It...

Time for Change – Starting With Relieving Some Old Guard Words from Our Artistic Vocabulary

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, July 11th, 2020

This will be a big year for change in every way shape and form, and please, can we hurry up and...

Letting Go to Find the Starting Line – Sketching Towards Unknown Design Potential

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, June 13th, 2020

To study or not to study…unfortunately there is no choice for the professional artist, if...

Contrast, Harmony, and Attraction – Three Important Tools for Composing Pictures

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, May 16th, 2020

Picture making has a deep tool chest that can be a little bit intimidating to one wanting to make...

Finding Focus and Staying Creative/Productive

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, April 18th, 2020

This painting by Mark Rothko is how I can feel these days. Honestly, it is difficult to write this...

Retooling for the Future

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, March 21st, 2020

We are all in this together. Hello everyone, I had an idea of what to write about today,...

10 Errors To Avoid When Composing Thumbnails

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, February 22nd, 2020

Of all the stages in making art, the most confusing and least clarified is the thumbnail stage. I...

12 Problems Artists Have with Making Effective Compositions

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, January 25th, 2020

Happy new year to you all and welcome back to this amazing new year of Muddy Colors inspiration. ...

Back to the Basics

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, December 28th, 2019

Happy holidays everyone. I hope that you all have found a simple, happy place to slip into this...

10 + Ways to Help Refocus The Art Spirit

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, November 30th, 2019

James Gleeson As creatives, we internalize a lot of information on a day to day basis, processing...

Inktober and Some Various Styles in the Ink Medium

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, October 5th, 2019

This was a gray scale marker only drawing on Yupo paper, picking out the negative spaces with the...

Inspiration for Abstraction – Chu Teh Chun

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, September 7th, 2019

We are all art snobs to some extent, more so when we are in school than as we mature into our...

How To: Gesture Sketching Solid Figures

Posted by Ron Lemen | Saturday, August 10th, 2019

Hey there everyone, I did something a little different this time and made a video post. I hope...

Sebastian on How to Paint Skin – 10th Anniversary Video Giveaway!Yay! Thanks so much MuddyColors! Thanks for the video freebie! :3 Watching Justin Gerard's video right now!
Sarah Morrison on How to Paint Skin – 10th Anniversary Video Giveaway!This was wonderfully insightful. Thank you for making this available (and creating it)! My cat was even watching with me! (He loved the moving paintbr…
Luis G on How to Paint Skin – 10th Anniversary Video Giveaway!Really thank you, this was a very interesting topic and very useful :)
Jackson Moyer on How to Paint Skin – 10th Anniversary Video Giveaway!I had heard this advice in different ways before, that colors are arbitrary or relational, but to see the incredible restraint of Bouguereau was eye-o…
Kristi on How to Paint Skin – 10th Anniversary Video Giveaway!Great video!

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Gouache Blending Demonstrations

A Quick Demonstration of A Universal Medium

How to Achieve a Stronger Likeness and What to Memorize for Invention

Time for Change – Starting With Relieving Some Old Guard Words from Our Artistic Vocabulary

Letting Go to Find the Starting Line – Sketching Towards Unknown Design Potential

Contrast, Harmony, and Attraction – Three Important Tools for Composing Pictures

Finding Focus and Staying Creative/Productive

Retooling for the Future

10 Errors To Avoid When Composing Thumbnails

12 Problems Artists Have with Making Effective Compositions

Back to the Basics

10 + Ways to Help Refocus The Art Spirit

Inktober and Some Various Styles in the Ink Medium

Inspiration for Abstraction – Chu Teh Chun

How To: Gesture Sketching Solid Figures

New Video

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