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A Revolution in Western Art

Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque bounced ideas off each other and enjoyed each others company. However, they knew they were working in new and adventurous territory when together they started the cubist movement. Art critic Louis Vauxcelles described it when … Continue reading →

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Tip to Recapture Art Inspiration

All artists have temporary mental blocks. Old ideas lead nowhere, while new ones are impossible to find. There seems to be a lack of enthusiasm, a forgotten feeling of what makes art exciting. Does any of this sound familiar? Remember, … Continue reading →

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Masking and Washes in Watercolor Painting

In his painting, Woman in the Field, artist Richard D. Burton used masking as well as layering in his wet-on-dry watercolor style painting. He explains his technique here for the viewers of Art Center Information. To prepare the painting and … Continue reading →

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Weekly Wrap Up for 10/01/2012 Thru 10/06/2012

Please take the time to enter your subscription to our newsletter at the upper right of the page. There will be a random drawing for a beautiful art coffee table book for those that have subscribed. Our posts this week … Continue reading →

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Draw With an Objective

Drawing, as an objective, for many of the old masters was to take from their models the maximum of information for future use. They were not trying to create a work of art. For them, they were simply recording facts … Continue reading →

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Draw With Graphite Pencil as if Painting With a Brush

I’ve found that occasionally selecting to draw solidly and roundly, modeling my forms as though I was working in clay, painting with the graphite pencil, tone for tone, edge against edge and texture for texture, that I have my most … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information’s Weekly Review

In our article on Tuesday, titled: Artists: The Great Communicators, we said: the artist will find out that the more carefully and searchingly they look, the more they find the subject eluding their ability to record it on paper, the … Continue reading →

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Watercolor: The Delightful Medium

With watercolor (what I call the delightful medium), you can adapt the techniques that work for you and successfully incorporate your own aims and ideas once you have enough experience and have gained confidence. It will not take long (after … Continue reading →

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Five Tips for Self-Critiquing

An artist needs to develop a ritual (if you may) that helps them determine the very best they can do when painting a picture. Over time, I have come to use the following procedure when finally deciding one of … Continue reading →

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Tip for Painting People With Water Media

It is fun painting with water media whether it is acrylic, gouache, or watercolors. You have to practice, sketch, study, and learn to accept the challenges it gives you. However, the more you work and become familiar with it, the … Continue reading →

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