My name is David, I'm an artist born and raised in Ohio. Here soon I will be moving to Colorado because I hear its beautiful out there and I want to paint it. Currently on my blog I'm sharing my experiences through my education of the arts. There is a lot to know and it is said it takes a lifetime to learn it. It must be done as I've come to realize I cant live without art in my life.
Currently I'm using this set of Williamsburg homemade oils. I've had plenty of experience with low quality oil paint as its all I could afford for most of my life so far. Its a shame I didn't see the error in this earlier. Sense I made the switch I couldn't be happier with the added affect and the smooth consistent feel of these paints.
The brushes I'm using are in desperate need of a makeover. Its advised you buy the best brushes your can find, the cheap ones are never going to last. Due to budget I had available at the time of purchasing these couldn't let me pass up the pennies I paid for these compared to what I should have. Cheap brushes or not you should take great care with your brushes. I have fastened this dowel rod to my table, this allows me to take little rubber bands and hang my brushes to dry. This helps the brush keep its shape, there is reason they are shaped the way they are and damage to that shape can affect its ability to apply the paint correctly.
I've also started a weekly sketch contest that can be found on my blog, I will be adding 10 SBD to a prize pool each week wallet permitting of course.
Thanks for reading hope to see you over on one of my more interesting posts soon ;)
Wellcome to the community!
Welcome to family :)
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hello @dcrockete
you are very much welcome to steemit,a one of its kind in the history of social networks. i will like to share with you some lessons i learnt the hard way.
First,write on your area of strength, don't strugle more to get topics to write on, but when you write based on what you know/do well at, that becomes your brand and fellow steemians will know what to expect from you on every post.
don't beg for followers.
When people follow you on a quip pro quo basis, that's the foundation of not getting upvotes and comments because many of your followers didn't do so because they wanted what you have to offer but rather they are just there as numbers. #don't go for numbers, but value.
When i joined, after my intro post. i went low kay and started engaging with people on their posts and comments and like that,i was getting people that truly liked me for me. i must note that at some post as a newbie, i outrightly asked people to follow me but that was before i learned that it was one of the unwritten rule of steemit;don't beg for followers.
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welcome Dcrockete!! hope you enjoy here as much as i do ! Nice post, i will follow your account, please follow me at @mekong
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Welcome brother. Good Article!
I followed you, follow me at @morpheus03 :)
Hey Dave I just joined too. Your sketch comp idea seems good. They go really well on Facebook and Steemians may also allow a similar success.
Hello! Looking forward to more posts from you. Check out my blog and follow if you're interested.
Welcome!! Can i follow you? I'm really bad at painting so i really admire people painting. recently, My gf have learned to paint , she said it' really difficult. but i'm really happy she find it attractive though. Anyhow, Hello again!
Hi, please do follow. I love connecting with fellow artists. Painting is hard, but with practice it becomes easier each time you try. Education is key, hope I can be some help in pointing out some of the key points you need to know.
Yes if i need some help, i will not hesitate to find you! I saw your previous posts ( a lot ) , they are all interesting . but it takes time to understand. thank you for your kindness!
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Welcome to steemit.... Followed n upvoted
Welcome to steemit.Help me to be helped.Follow me and upvote my posts.I will upvote you future.
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Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now
Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now
Welcome to steemit !! Enjoy this beautiful world! Followed. Follow me back 😘
Welcome @dcrockete to Steemit. Looking forward to more posts from you. Check out my blog and follow if you're interested. Please follow me @hanggiang
