Lonely Pixel

Get the GIMP

Thanks to the massive reduction in cost for the chips in SLR cameras and the constantly increasing quality of phone cameras, many of us can now afford to take high resolution pictures cheaply and easily. The large range of great photo software available for Mac, Windows PCs and Linux machines also means that cataloging your collection is easier than every.

But what about doing work with all those pictures that you’ve taken? What if you want to brighten an image More

That Dreaded C Word…

Great: you’ve been to see a gallery about your work and yes…finally…they love it! They want YOU! But then it comes out of nowhere…something that you’d given absolutely NO thought to. It’s the dreaded C word of course. It makes you feel sick. I am talking about COMMISSION of course. The thing that every exhibiting artist fears (well, apart from none of their work selling, of course, that has to be number 1). Here are a few words of advice More

Debunking Art Myths

Many artists want to try different painting mediums but just never get around to it; instead they get stuck in doing one certain thing for their whole life. Isn’t that a crying shame? Everyone should paint with whatever medium they like if they feel that burning desire, so don’t be put off just because you weren’t very good at oils at school, or watercolour scared you. Here are some art myths debunked:

1. Watercolour is too hard to use, I won’t More