How to draw & paint faster: 15 tips for high school Art students

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How to draw & paint faster: 15 tips
for high school Art students
Rakova Natalya

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Aim of the article
• This article lists fifteen ways that a high school Art
student can work faster, without compromising the
quality of their work.

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The main idea
• Some students – even those who are dedicated and hardworking – find it challenging to work at the pace required in a
Visual Art course. The skillful, perfectionist student usually falls
into this category; those who produce meticulous, highlydetailed observational drawings or paintings. Parents and
teachers can be unsure how to provide practical, positive
strategies for improvement. This article contains some advices
to those who want improve their skills in art.

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Tips
• Use a ground
• Selectively flatten tone
• Incorporate mixed media
/patterned surfaces / textural
elements
• Focus on Line
• Include photographs
• Work on several pieces at once
• Progress to abstract (or semiabstract)
• Paint things in the right order –
background areas first
• Use a bigger brush
• Be more gestural
• Use masking tape to create straight
• Trace or photocopy your own
edges
drawings
• Leave artwork purposefully
• Use digital manipulation
incomplete
• Omit parts of a scene

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Personal opinion
• I think that all these tips are useful for anyone who
wants to improve their skills in art. From the variety of
these tips, everyone will be able to find for
themselves something that is necessary and
informative. I can say that advice «Trace or
photocopy your own drawings» turned out to be the
most useful and interesting for myself.