{"id":6070,"date":"2013-08-08T07:03:03","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T11:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6070"},"modified":"2015-12-26T23:02:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T04:02:06","slug":"step-by-step-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2013\/08\/step-by-step-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Step by Step Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few collected sites that I&#8217;ve come across that show you the step by step process for how their art is created: a realistic eye illustration, pet portrait, landscape and painting people into them &#8212; the creative process of <a title=\"revious posts on Liu Bolin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?s=liu+bolin\" target=\"_blank\">Liu Bolin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A photorealistic drawing of an eye by <a title=\"Youtube - Photorealistic Eye drawing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lJ25OngOLts\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Crilley<\/a>. I use his approach and even hold my pencil this way but don&#8217;t have his excuse, however. I like his self-deprecating style and sense of humor and his reference to <a title=\"Previous posts on Chuck Close\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?s=chuck+close\" target=\"_blank\">Chuck Close<\/a>, one of my favorite contemporary artists.<br \/>\n<object width=\"420\" height=\"315\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/lJ25OngOLts?hl=en_US&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pet portrait and painting process from <a title=\"Allover Art\" href=\"http:\/\/alloverart-nc.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/workshop-wednesday-pet-portrait-process.html\" target=\"_blank\">Allover Art<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6071\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6071\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Pet+Portrait+Step+Six.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6071\" alt=\"Pet Portrait Process via Allover Art on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Pet+Portrait+Step+Six.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Pet+Portrait+Step+Six.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Pet+Portrait+Step+Six-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pet Portrait Process via Allover Art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Landscape painting and process by Donald Neff on the <a title=\"Art Instruction Blog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artinstructionblog.com\/oil-painting-demonstration-landscape\" target=\"_blank\">Art Instruction blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6072\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6072\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/commL.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6072\" alt=\"Landscape painting by Donald Neff on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/commL.jpg\" width=\"432\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/commL.jpg 432w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/commL-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6072\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Landscape painting by Donald Neff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the creative process of <a title=\"Arrested Motion\" href=\"http:\/\/arrestedmotion.com\/2011\/12\/creative-process-liu-bolin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Liu Bolin<\/a> and how he paints people and into a landscape.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6073\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6073\" style=\"width: 475px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/zachary_bako_liu_bolin-16-e1375559149832.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6073\" alt=\"liu_bolin via arrested motion ib Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/zachary_bako_liu_bolin-16-e1375559149832.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liu Bolin via arrested motion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6075\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6075\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/zachary_bako_liu_bolin-11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6075 \" alt=\"Liu Bolin via arrested motion on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/zachary_bako_liu_bolin-11.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/zachary_bako_liu_bolin-11.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/zachary_bako_liu_bolin-11-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6075\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liu Bolin via arrested motion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some collected sites for showing the step-by-step artistic process on Art Is Everywhere, 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