Author name: Pencil Kings

Looking for ideas on how to create your own home art studio? Check out these 5 great ideas along with links to examples of studio spaces that other artists have setup.

You may not have considered it before, but symmetry in art can make or break a painting. But why is it so important? And how can you make it work for you? To discover the answers, we need to go back through time and take a look at why symmetry is as vital today as

  “If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” Vincent van Gogh Creativity killers. They’re the Kryptonite of any artist. And, as we’ve all experienced, sometimes it can seem like there are more reasons not to paint than to pick up

When searching for inspiration, many artists (us included), often miss the everyday objects to draw sitting right underneath our noses. It’s almost as if we can’t see the wood for the trees. Here we are, procrastinating and putting it off, when these objects we take for granted could get us out of a creative rut.

  A brain scan. New scientific research suggests there might really be an artistic side to the brain. The artistic side of the brain has been a hot topic in art psychology for decades now, but is there any truth to this theory? Exciting new research carried out by scientists in Belgium suggests the answer

One of the most commonly-asked questions by new artists is ‘How do I develop an artistic eye?’ To people who don’t consider themselves naturally creative, seeing things through artistic eyes seems like some kind of mystical gift – a talent bestowed on you from birth that you either have or you don’t. Want the good