11 Pro Tips To Improve Your Drawing Skills

11 Pro Tips To Improve Your Drawing Skills

by | Jul 29, 2019 | Art in All Forms

11 PRO TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR DRAWING SKILLS

In this article, we break down 11 Pro Tips to Improve Your Drawing Skills.

Have you ever felt the hunger to draw better? Held back by the same roadblocks over and over again? Tired of hearing practice makes perfect, but not seeing results despite your consistent practice?

Like any other skill in the world, drawing requires not just practice but also a smart approach that helps you progress over time. And we’re here to help you figure out just that approach!

Tip # 1: It’s OK To Be Messy Sketching is your safe space for creative play, and there’s no reason it has to be flawless. Let free your hands and your mind, and draw some elements that don’t belong, or some lines that don’t make sense. All of this...
9 Great Techniques For Painting Better Landscapes

9 Great Techniques For Painting Better Landscapes

by | Jul 8, 2019 | Art in All Forms

9 GREAT TECHNIQUES FOR PAINTING BETTER LANDSCAPES

In this article, we break down 9 Great Techniques For Painting Better Landscapes. 

Landscape painting can be as simple or complicated as you make it for yourself. It’s a brilliant artform for people who are just starting out with painting.

You can use a variety of materials and techniques to portray what you see in front of you. However, not many budding artists make the effort to truly master the art of landscape painting. 

#1: Avoid Creating A Clutter Not everything that is present in the real-life scene has to be included in your depiction. Sometimes, a scene is really picturesque with all its elements, but may be too busy to be fully captured in a painting. It’s your job to...
5 Tips When Choosing Art For Your Space

5 Tips When Choosing Art For Your Space

by | Jun 6, 2019 | Art in All Forms

5 Tips When Choosing Art For Your Space

Fear not, in this article your friends here at MiM have some great tips to get those living spaces looking their best!

So you’ve finally signed all the paperwork for that perfect apartment, house or condo? Just finished moving in all the furniture, unpacking all the boxes, and even hung all the curtains. Then you look up at the walls and realize — you have no idea how to choose the right size artwork for your space! 

Adding wall art is one of the simplest upgrades to add more style and sophistication to your home in a flash… okay, maybe not so simple.

The Bottom Line... Wall art is very effective when it comes to making a home beautiful and appealing. People hang wall art in their spaces for lots of reasons – for some, it’s the beauty of the art, while for others, it’s the feeling that the art...
Making Some Waves with MerMay 2019

Making Some Waves with MerMay 2019

by | May 31, 2019 | Art Challenges

MAKING SOME WAVES WITH MERMAY 2019

If you’re not sure what “MerMay” is, it is an online art challenge started by animator Tom Bancroft.

The objective is to have you draw or paint a different mermaid piece for every day of May. You can check out my 2018 post here for even more info! I did this Monthly Challenge last year and really enjoyed it so much…that I did it again!!!

During this year’s month-long tribute to the art drawn by real-life mermaids, I was only able to draw 26 of my 31 mermaids. I managed to paint them all in watercolor, however, I’d say that I failed this challenge because I didn’t complete the 31 mermaids this year. I still had a ton of fun doing this challenge—but where did I go wrong?

This challenge embraces the values of creativity, community and above all else …MERMAIDS!

Why Did I Do This Month-Long Challenge? My first attempt at this challenge was May 2018. You can read up more about it in my previous post “Monthly Art Challenge: Making a Splash With MerMay 2018“.I decided to give it another go this year as well since I...
4 Great Drawing Apps to Keep You Moving

4 Great Drawing Apps to Keep You Moving

by | May 31, 2019 | Art in All Forms

4 GREAT DRAWING APPS TO KEEP YOU MOVING We understand the struggle (sigh), so we’ve put together a couple app recommendations that we feel are worth a look to get you started on your search to find the perfect drawing app to suit your current (and maybe even...