Select Page
Generic filters
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Filter by Content Type
Posts
Pages
Products
Filter by Categories
Art
Article
Education
Event
Inspiration
Interview
Review

TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Traditional-Digital Legacy with Matthew Schenk

Kirbi Fagan

Traditional and Digital tools together are being used in collaboration in  illustration today more than ever. I’m bringing Muddy Colors an artist and gifted teacher who rides the waves of technology alongside traditional art making. Matthew Schenk is an artist and illustrator who has illustrated various projects from coloring books to medical illustrations. He spent ten years in Los Angeles, California working on productions for Sony Pictures/ Columbia Tristar Children's Entertainment including the animated version…

READ MORE

EVERYDAY ORIGINAL

Three Swords

YESTERDAY’S POST

Image

Fear of Photos

Gregory Manchess

January 22, 2025 - Working from photos comes up every semester I teach. The students are always concerned that it’s cheating. Ridiculous. If you know how to train yourself to draw, then photography is not an issue. It can help you see. Here’s why… The camera does not capture the reality we experience. A photograph is a representation of reality, not a copy of it. A painting doesn’t copy reality either. It doesn’t come close. It is a representation, an impression, a suggestion, a feeling, an abstraction, and all the other descriptions of a painting, but it doesn’t capture reality like reality itself. No matter how good the quality of the representation is, it’s still flat. The camera reduces three dimensional objects to a two dimensional plane. A painting does as well. Both represent an illusion of reality. The…

READ MORE

POSTS BY CATEGORY

ART

ARTICLES

EDUCATION

EVENTS

INSPIRATION

INTERVIEWS

REVIEWS

RECENT COMMENTS

Recent Comments

  • Erika churchfield on A Little Frazetta Conan HistoryI have a poster and a book signed by Frank frazetta
  • Emma on FOR DAVIDI am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing und­er a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank…
  • Anna on Recent Drawings and ArtI am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing und­er a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank…
  • Emma on Fear of PhotosI am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing und­er a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank…
  • Emma on Finding Your Unique Artistic VoiceI am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing und­er a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank…
  • Emma on Some Helpful Tips on How to Draw Quick ExpressionsI am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing und­er a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank…
  • Emma on TrendWatching Part 1: PhilosophyI am making a good salary from home $4580-$5240/week , which is amazing und­er a year ago I was jobless in a horrible economy. I thank…

ABOUT MUDDY COLORS

Muddy Colors is a collective of more than 20 artists, dedicated to providing a free, online resource for aspiring and professional artists alike.

With a library of thousands of articles, and a new one being posted each day, Muddy Colors is the largest educational website dedicated to the Fantastic Arts.

SUPPORT US ON PATREON

We are using Patreon as an opportunity to ask our readers for support in our endeavors.

These funds will be used to provide better content for our readers, maintain website expenses, and support aspiring artists through Muddy Colors programs and scholarships.