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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Anatomy and Studying the Muscles of the Human Body


Ron Lemen

https://youtu.be/tznkhvvTBsY?si=2NEi9s3KUaa8_oK2 When I was first learning this art thing there were many subjects that I just didn't think would be all that important for me to be able to just sit down and create.  But as I realized the more realistic something is depicted, the more tools I had to learn to capture that realism.  Even when I was stylizing something that looked less and less realistic, I still needed to understand the logic of…

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Why’d You Make That?


Julie Beck

July 12, 2024 - I recently posted an older painting on IG with some close up detail shots. I asked what people's interpretation of it was without revealing my personal intention behind the idea. I had a few people chime in with their thoughts and some gave me a new perspective on the piece myself! In a previous Muddy post, I exposed the timeline of the process for one painting. (see that post here) I thought it might be fun to zoom into just the idea and elaborate how and why I landed on the composition for "The Creation of Eve", and reveal the meaning behind it. Do paintings needs to mean something? No. Each person needs to decide what brings them satisfaction in what they make. For some, there needs to be a deeper meaning. Others are content…

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