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Scratchboard Tutorial: Creating Realistic and Soft Fur Textures
Today's post is all about FUR! I use a combination of the small fiberglass brush and an x-acto knife to create realistic looking fur....
Melissa Helene
May 20, 20213 min read
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Protective Varnish for Scratchboard Artwork: Tips, Tricks, and How To
Scratchboard is a delicate medium and requires a finishing varnish to help protect the surface once it is out in the world. There are...
Melissa Helene
May 6, 20213 min read
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Scratchboard Techniques: Black vs White
My scratchboard artwork is all black and white (with many variations of grey), but the approach I take for creating a mostly 'white'...
Melissa Helene
Apr 22, 20213 min read
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The Importance of Art Festivals in My Business
Business As An Artist "Why don't you just sell online?" "Are you selling your work on social media?" "...but they're having an online...
Melissa Helene
Feb 24, 20213 min read
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Scratchboard Tool Feature: The X-Acto Blade
The X-Acto blade is the second most important tool in my kit. This tool is very easy to get your hands on - you can find it in any arts...
Melissa Helene
Feb 10, 20212 min read
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The Importance of Reference Images in Realistic Scratchboard Artwork
My scratchboard artwork is photo-realistic and hyper detailed, which means that the images I use as references for my work are incredibly...
Melissa Helene
Jan 28, 20214 min read
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Inside A Small Business: So What Do You DO All Day?
One of the questions that I get all the time from family, friends, and clients, is ‘what do you DO all day’? Most people have no idea...
Melissa Helene
Sep 9, 20203 min read
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An Inside Look at Art Festivals: What You Know and What You Don’t
There are many questions I get regularly about my work as a professional scratchboard artist, including what the heck scratchboard is,...
Melissa Helene
Sep 9, 20203 min read
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Endangered Species Series: Re-Introduction + African Wild Dogs
I started this Endangered Species Series in the fall of 2014 as one small part of my conservation initiative. Here is what I said about...
Melissa Helene
Sep 9, 20202 min read
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Scratchboard: What the heck is it?
If you’re new to the world of scratchboard, this post is for YOU! Though an old medium previously used for illustration, scratchboard is...
Melissa Helene
Sep 9, 20202 min read
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Melissa Helene | Scratchboard Artist | [Re] Introduction
Hey there everyone! I took a little bit of a hiatus from blogging recently and am ready to get back to it, offering great new content...
Melissa Helene
Sep 9, 20202 min read
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