Begin by sketching a simple group of twigs: Immediately after you do your wet in wet wash, walk away until the paint sets. Wait a bit before using the hairdryer
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Time to Set Some Concrete Goals for the Coming Year One Month at a Time – Free Printable Calendar & Planning Pages for January
I have already talked about my resolve to become more balanced in the coming year, Seeking to Find My Balance in the New Year But before today, I had no plan for how I’d achieve that elusive balance. It is already January 3, and today, I’ll lay out a more concrete set of goals: Here…
Winter Drawing Challenge – Free – Draw with Jacki Kellum
Facebook reminded me that 3 years ago today, I started my new year with a determination to draw something every day. I plan to do that again this year. Ironically, at a New Year’s Eve party last night, a young artist showed me his recent drawings, and he told me he had vowed to draw…
Painting Autumn in Watercolor – Adult Watercolor Classes Taught by Jacki Kellum
Saplings: First September Jacki Kellum Watercolor I painted this group of saplings several years ago–in early September. I have decided that this will be the first watercolor painting that I will teach when Jacki Kellum Studios and School of Arts launches its teaching program in September at 26 S. Main in Water Valley, MS. In…
How to Create a Gesture Drawing: Draw Daily
Gesture Drawing Is A Quick Drawing Created to Capture the Essence or the Feel of a Subject. In Gesture Drawing, You Do Not Pick Up Your Pen:
Contour Drawing Helps Me to Better See What I Want to Paint – Frederick Franck on Zen Drawing
Zinnia Jacki Kellum Contour Drawing June 20, 2025 Contour Drawing is a type of meditation that strips away all the illusions of what I think are there and allows me to see what is actually there. I start every painting session with the act of contour drawing. I consider it a great fortune that I…
Contour Drawing Is a Way to Explore and Truly See Your Subject Matter – Jacki Kellum Contour Drawings – Both Traditional and on Procreate
Seeing is a type of looking at something that involves a detailed recognition of all of the object’s physical traits–as well as seeing into the object’s spirit–seeing the essence of the subject. Looking is a physical type of viewing. Truly seeing is more spiritual. Artists and writers must be able to see. Contour Drawing is a type of…