Visual inspirations, tips & resources for artists and designers - senzez

Painting a sunlit village landscape [Watercolor video tutorial]

Vincent — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:00:03 +0000

Today’s watercolor painting tutorial comes from Roytheartist. It’s a cool video demo / painting lesson on painting a village landscape. Enjoy!

Painting Distant Hills & Mountains [Watercolor Painting Video tutorial]

Vincent — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:07 +0000

Here’s another informative watercolor painting video tutorial by BobDavies88 showing how you to paint distant hills and mountains.

Windows [Photo inspiration]

Vincent — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:27 +0000

Windows by AndersKarlsson

Not the windows of the Microsoft kind…

I love the perspective and the magenta hue of this image from AndersKarlsson.

Enjoy!

Wysoka Laka Hospital [Watercolor inspiration]

Vincent — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:16:02 +0000

Bukowiec, Wysoka Laka Hospital - Poland by GreeGW

Here’s another beautiful watercolor painting inspiration from our favourite watercolor artist GreeGW.

It’s of the Wysoka Laka Hospital in Poland.

Enjoy!

How to use watercolor pencils part 2 [Video tutorial]

Vincent — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:07:07 +0000

Here’s part 2 of the video tutorial series by BobDavies88 on “How to use watercolor pencils”. You can catch Part 1 of the video tutorial here. Hit the “Read more” link to view the video for part 2.

If you want to learn more on how to use watercolor pencils you can check out the Quick and Clever Watercolor Pencils book by Charles Evans.

fc 09 10 winter IV [Photo inspiration]

Vincent — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:13:43 +0000

fc 09 10 winter IV by mehmeturgut

While the title of this photo doesn’t quite do it justice, the second I saw this image I knew I had to pick it as today’s visual photo inspiration.

The pose of the model and his hands holding the apple, the suit – it all just comes together into a stunning image.

Great work by mehmeturgut. Enjoy!

How to use watercolor pencils part 1 [Video Tutorial]

Vincent — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 01:44:50 +0000

I personally don’t have much experience with watercolor pencils and have always wanted to learn more. Here’s part 1 of a nice video introduction to using watercolor pencils by BobDavies88. Hit the read more link to view the video.

If you want to learn more on how to use watercolor pencils……you can check out the Quick and Clever Watercolor Pencils book by Charles Evans.

Upper Kananaskis Lake [Photo inspiration]

Vincent — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:00:30 +0000

Upper Kananaskis Lake by pat1926

This is a beautiful shot of Kananaskis Lake in Alberta, Canada (my home country!).

I love the purple tint of the image. This is a great shot by pat1926. Enjoy!

Hotter ‘n Hell Hundred [Photo inspiration]

Vincent — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:35:58 +0000

Hotter 'N Hell Hundred by SublimeBudd

One of the rare photos/images I’ve come across that have people in it that have caught my eye.

I really like the silhouettes of the cyclists created in this pic.

Today’s photo inspiration comes from SublimeBudd.

Video tutorial: Using Photoshop To Create Realistic Painting Effect

Vincent — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:20:40 +0000

Ever want to use Photoshop or any other painting/graphic software (like Xara) to create the effect of a real painting? Here’s an interesting video tutorial from DSheppard that teaches you how. Enjoy!

Photoshop Realistic Paint Technique – More DIY How To Projects