Stephen Lursen Art — stephen lursen

In this video and blog post I'm talking about the most popular types of paint. If you have looked at art online and seen an artist use acrylics or oils and thought "What's the real difference? I wonder why the artist chose to use that?" Then this info should be very helpful! The painting media I include are: Acrylics - water based, quick dry time, can be mixed with a huge variety of acrylic mediums to change the paint's consistency, opacity, drying time, texture, finish, etc. Can be thinned with water but only to a max of 30%. If you dilute acrylics more than...

In this video and blog post I'm talking about drawing tools as used in mixed media painting. If you have looked at art online and seen an artist use acrylics with charcoal or markers and thought to yourself "how do I incorporate drawing tools within the process of creating a painting?" Then this info should be very helpful! The drawing tools I include are: Soft pastels - Good for the top layer of a painting if you want clear unsmudged marks. They wash or smear away when painted on and must be sealed to become permanent.  Drawing pencils - Good at any...

Watch the video to find out if you won! There are more winners than you expected! A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who participated in this grand opening give away! I look forward to doing giveaways regularly to stay connected with you and keep everyone on their toes! Who knows you may become a collector of my fine art by winning it! Happy painting! Stephen Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required First Name * Last Name * Email Address *

www.stephenlursen.com       I'm extremely proud of all the work I've put into it, but my website doesn't do anyone any good without interaction, so my hope today is that you will take a few minutes to check it out to see what I have to offer.      To empower you on your daring adventure through my site (and just for fun) I’m giving you a $5 discount code with no minimum purchase! That covers nearly all of my Digital Printables! These printable PDFs are my art in digital form that you can print and hang on demand and even give...

Imagine you are living 100+ years ago. Let's think about the arts as an industry. The top Fine Arts forms were: Literature Music Performing Arts - Theater/Dance Visual Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Illustration Now let's take one at a time (rather quickly) to find our answer. Literature: Imagine reading the best seller in fictional literature without illustration or soundtrack, etc. just by the words alone on the page, you laugh out loud in one chapter and then cry only moments later with the power of the story alone. The words stand alone. Music: Although you could go to an opera and hear...