Painting on Copper
Those who’ve taken David’s still life painting course at Vitruvian will be familiar with how we normally paint on canvas or wooden panel. It’s a…
Author: Melinda Whitmore
Melinda Whitmore is a fine artist and anatomical sculptor teaching courses in oil painting, figure sculpture and anatomy in Chicago. She is a co-founder of Vitruvian Fine Art Studio, and also teaches anatomy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and in the Medical Humanities department at Northwestern University Feinburg School of Medicine.
8 Lies That Stop You From Being a Good Artist
When you’re learning to draw, here are 8 things that can easily get in your way and sabotage your progress.
Painting with Vincent Desiderio
We were thrilled this weekend to host our first visiting artist workshop at the studio with Vincent Desiderio. Vincent is one of the titans of contemporary…
Welcome Back UIC BVIS!
We’re a little late getting this posted, but we were once again honored to host the incoming class of UIC’s Biomedical Visualization program. It’s a…
What you need to know about oil painting medium, Part I
We get a lot of students asking us about oils… and what are the differences between all those golden bottles that are neatly lined up…
Frank Armitage Lecture Follow-Up
I was honored to participate in the Frank Armitage Lecture Series this year at University of Illinois, Chicago. The series is hosted by the Biomedical…
Frank Armitage Lecture Series at UIC
I’m pleased to be a part of this year’s Frank Armitage Lecture hosted by the Biomedical Visualization Department at University of Illinois, Chicago. The lecture…
New Multi-Figure Sculpture by Melinda Whitmore!
I’ve been burning the candle at both ends lately on a new multi-figure sculptural composition for an upcoming exhibition in September.Exodus features a line of 7 figures…