Drawing Board Blog

What you need to know about oil painting medium, Part I

By Melinda Whitmore | 10 Comments
Oil Painting Medium ingredients

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…

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“Did you guys change the website again?”

By David Jamieson | 0 Comments

Yes! Good eye! We’ve been incorporating some new software into our site, and we ran into some compatibility issues with the previous build that required…

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Drawing Tutorials: Comparative Measurement, Part III

By David Jamieson | 0 Comments

In the last couple of drawing tutorials I described how Comparisons of Size can help us work out the proportions of the figure – the…

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Frank Armitage Lecture Follow-Up

By Melinda Whitmore | 1 Comment

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…

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Drawing Tutorials: Comparative Measurement, Part II

By David Jamieson | 4 Comments

Comparisons of Size Next in our series of drawing tutorials is a discussion of size. Getting proportion right is really all about size relationships and…

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Drawing Tutorials: Comparative Measurement, Part I

By David Jamieson | 7 Comments

In this and the next two drawing tutorials I plan to discuss measurement and its applications in drawing. One of the best drawing teachers I…

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Frank Armitage Lecture Series at UIC

By Melinda Whitmore | 1 Comment

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…

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New Website, New Possibilities!

By David Jamieson | 0 Comments
Website For The Vitruvian Fine Art Studio.

Welcome to our new website! This has been in the works for a few weeks now, and we’re thrilled to have it launched and operational.…

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Fort Wayne Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial –– UPDATE!

By David Jamieson | 2 Comments
Painting Classes Chicago | Vitruvian Fine Art Studio

I was pleased to hear over the weekend that my still life painting “Nested” has been awarded 3rd place in the Fort Wayne Museum of…

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New Multi-Figure Sculpture by Melinda Whitmore!

By Melinda Whitmore | 1 Comment

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…

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