Zizka is a talented charcoal artist living in Cleveland, Ohio, where she maintains Studio Zizka. She received the unusual gift of generational immersion in the art world from the age of three.
Understanding how to shade properly helps us to offer a more three-dimensional look in our art. Values, or tones are just varying shades of grey and using a variety of different values is where you begin when you start shading.
The Nitram Sharpening Bloc has barely reached the stores and artists are already raving about it! We asked the talented Carol Thompson if she would be interested in testing it out - she had already ordered it and was waiting for its arrival.
The NEW Nitram Sharpening Bloc is being shipped to retailers around the world. However, before they reach your local art store we have to put the packaging on by hand.
In 1996, while traveling through northern Spain, I had the rare chance to visit the Cave of Altamira, famously called the “Sistine Chapel” of Paleolithic art.