Digital Art
·8 min readProcreate vs Photoshop vs Illustrator: Which Is Right for Your Work
Not sure whether to use Procreate, Photoshop, or Illustrator? This clear comparison covers what each does best, who it is for, and how to choose.
Art Techniques
Learn professional artistic techniques through detailed, expert-guided tutorials and demonstrations. Our comprehensive resources cover painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, and mixed media methods used by professional artists. Master material preparation, tool selection, and advanced techniques through step-by-step instructions. Discover how proper technique elevates your artistic practice and helps you achieve professional-quality results in your chosen medium.
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27 articles in Art Techniques
Digital Art
·9 min readCreative Coding for Visual Artists: Where to Start
Discover how visual artists use code as a creative tool. A practical guide to p5.js, Processing, and openFrameworks with real examples and first steps.
Craft and Making
·8 min readLeather Tooling and Decorative Craft as Art
Leather tooling is one of the oldest decorative crafts, practised across Islamic, European, and Native American traditions for over a millennium. This guide covers how tooling works, the major traditions, key tools and techniques, and where contemporary leather artists are taking the medium.
Craft and Making
·9 min readPaper Art: Origami, Papercutting, and the Sculptural Sheet
Paper is the most widely available art material in the world, and artists have been pushing its limits for over a thousand years. This guide covers origami, kirigami, papercutting, paper sculpture, and the contemporary artists who have turned a sheet of paper into a serious fine art medium.
Craft and Making
·9 min readWoodblock Printing: Japanese Tradition and Contemporary Practice
Woodblock printing is one of the oldest printmaking techniques still actively practised. This guide covers the history of ukiyo-e, how Japanese woodblock prints are made, key artists from Hiroshige to contemporary practitioners, and why relief printing on wood remains a vital medium in 2026.
Craft and Making
·8 min readGlassblowing and Glass Art: Chihuly and the Medium That Moves
Glass is the only art medium that is fluid when made and rigid when finished. This guide covers the history of glassblowing, the transformation of glass into a fine art medium, Dale Chihuly's role in the studio glass movement, and why molten glass continues to attract serious artists in 2026.
Craft and Making
·9 min readTextile Art: Weaving, Tapestry, and the Loom as Canvas
From ancient tapestries to contemporary fiber installations, textile art spans the full range from domestic craft to major museum work. This guide covers weaving traditions, key artists including Anni Albers and El Anatsui, the fiber art movement, and why the loom is one of the most expressive tools in an artist's studio.
Craft and Making
·10 min readCeramics and Pottery: From Functional Vessels to Fine Art
Ceramics is one of humanity's oldest crafts and one of its youngest fine art forms. This guide covers the techniques, the key artists from Bernard Leach to Grayson Perry, the major firing traditions, and why clay continues to attract serious artists in 2026.
Craft and Making
·10 min readBookbinding as Art: Structure, Craft, and the Beautiful Object
Bookbinding is one of the oldest and most technically demanding crafts still practised today. This guide covers the history of the bound book, the major binding structures, the artists who turned the craft into fine art, and how to start exploring it yourself.
Art Techniques
·9 min readColor Mixing Basics: How to Get the Color You Actually Want
Learn how paint colors actually mix, why subtractive color differs from light, and how to avoid muddy mixtures. Practical color mixing guidance using a limited palette, with insights from Titian, Rembrandt, and the Impressionists.
Art Techniques
·9 min readFigure Drawing: Proportion, Gesture, and the Human Form
Learn the fundamentals of figure drawing including gesture, proportion, and anatomy for artists. Discover how Michelangelo, Raphael, and modern life drawing practices approach the human form as the foundation of visual art.
Art Techniques
·9 min readPerspective Drawing: One-Point, Two-Point, and Why It Matters
Master one-point and two-point perspective drawing with clear explanations of vanishing points, horizon lines, and the rules artists use to create convincing spatial depth. Includes examples from Dürer, Raphael, and beyond.