If you like the work I do on this blog, please consider supporting it via my Patreon or a Ko-fi tip. I wrote this up to post in the Reaper forums as advice for people entering the MSP Open at ReaperCon in a few weeks, but since most of the advice applies to entering any contest,… Continue reading Suggestions for Contest Entries
Author: WrenTheBard
Inauspicious Beginnings
If you like the work I do on this blog, please consider supporting it via my Patreon or a Ko-fi tip. Sometimes a journey of learning begins with great enthusiasm and an ambitious roadmap of goals. Sometimes it begins with faltering steps and only the vaguest idea of a direction to head. In March 2017 I… Continue reading Inauspicious Beginnings
Lessons Learned from 2D Art: Part Two
If you like the work I do on this blog, please consider supporting it via my Patreon or a Ko-fi tip. Recently I took a two day workshop on portrait painting in oils. With only four students, it was an intimate and intensive class. It was also an opportunity to make some observations about teaching, learning,… Continue reading Lessons Learned from 2D Art: Part Two
How to Paint Hair
If you like the work I do on this blog, please consider supporting it via my Patreon or a Ko-fi tip. My first ever how to paint video is now available! You can watch my Reaper Toolbox segment on how to paint hair on miniature figures on YouTube. I thought it might be helpful if I… Continue reading How to Paint Hair
Lessons Learned from 2D Art: Part One
If you like the work I do on this blog, please consider supporting it via my Patreon or a Ko-fi tip. If you look at the home page of this website, you’ll see a subtitle of ‘Art in many forms’. My wonderful husband wrote that when he was helping me set up the page. Our expectation… Continue reading Lessons Learned from 2D Art: Part One


