Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor and since its inception in 1988 has become the industry star in raster graphics editing. The following tutorials are great for beginning to advanced students who may want to learn the fundamentals of […]
Adobe Lightroom is a photo processor and image organizing software developed by Adobe Systems designed for today’s world of digital photography. Lightroom or (Lr) aids the individual who needs to process a large number of photographs either for business or […]
Adobe Illustrator (Ai) is a vector graphics editor that was developed and marketed by Adobe Systems. The latest version if Illustrator CC 2017. The following tutorials work well for beginners to advanced users of Ai. Many of these courses provide […]
From your shoes to your company’s logo, color choices matter. The right color combination can look attractive and sophisticated, while the wrong color can be dull or, worse yet, create an unsightly clash. Designers rely on color to make their […]
Art Instructor For the purpose of this article, we will define an “art instructor” as individuals teaching art in schools as requirements for individuals teaching art in private practice are much different. An art instructor or art educator is an […]
What is Branding? Companies and consumers take their products personally. Emotional connection, compatibility, loyalty… many of the values associated with branding also go along with interpersonal relationships. And just as in a social connection, a company that wants to be […]
In the Car, Roy Lichtenstein (1963) What is Pop Art? Stylish, colorful, humorous, unsettling- Pop Art is highly recognizable and visually appealing. The movement had its heyday in from the 1950s through the 1970s, but remains influential in both fine […]
What is Mid-Century Modern? The term “Mid-Century Modern” was coined by author Cara Greenburg in a 1984 book of the same name. The term describes trends in design architecture, furniture, and graphic design from the middle of the 20th century, […]
Weeping Woman, Pablo Picasso (1937) What is Cubism? Cubism is a highly recognizable art movement which originated with Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) and Georges Braque (1882–1963) in Paris between 1907 and 1914. It is generally seen as the first abstract art […]
Color Study, Squares with Concentric Circles, Vasily Kandinsky (1913) What is Abstract Art? A formal focus on visual elements. The use of color to evoke a mood. Distilling the essence of an image to its purest geometric elements. At first […]