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Tips to Create Illusion and Depth in Your Artwork

Your eyes do not focus like a camera, but we can use the camera as an example of how we focus. To give you an example of this, I am on the back deck holding my arm out and thumb … Continue reading →

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Reviewing The Red Truck

I’ve always liked paintings that showed weather in them such as winter scenes with snow, or street scenes either in a rainstorm or just after the rain. I especially like artists depicting the reflections off a wet street from the … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Draws and Paints All Day

You ask what we’ve been doing at the Art Center Information blog sight all day. Drawing and attempting to paint a color sketch for my future art, “Old Woodie”. The man pumping the gas in the picture is supposed to … Continue reading →

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A Day at the Museum With Norman Rockwell

I spent a fabulous day at the art museum yesterday viewing the Norman Rockwell exhibit. I’d intended to film the tour and post it on YouTube for all to enjoy, however to my great disappointment, the exhibit prohibited any … Continue reading →

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Art Center Information Discusses the Trouble With Ellipses

Here at Art Center Information we ran into a situation that definitely needs a discussion. How to properly draw ellipses. The hardest part of my “Old Woodie” drawing was drawing the tires as ellipses in perspective that matched the angle … Continue reading →

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Winslow Homer: Supreme Achievement in American Art

Homer painted his watercolors over a period of thirty years. Over a period of that time he lived to see the critics change from initial disparagement as raw and unfinished work to glorious praise as supreme achievements in American art. … Continue reading →

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Thomas Hart Benton and Student, Jackson Pollock

In the 1930s Thomas Hart Benton allied himself with the Regionalist movement and was very vocal in attacking the French abstract styles. Because of this, the opinion of most people think of him as a foe of the modernist painting. … Continue reading →

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Reigniting Public Interest in Illustrator Howard Pyle

I was struck dumb with admiration~Vincent van Gogh, speaking about Howard Pyle. The Delaware Art Museum, in Wilmington, is reigniting the public’s interest in artist-illustrator, Howard Pyle (1853-1911). During his life, Pyle was considered the father of American magazine illustration … Continue reading →

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Remember The Finished Painting Will Always Belong To You

No matter what you see in nature. No matter what scene you sketch or photograph. Remember, from the moment you start placing pigment to canvas, board, paper, or whatever surface you use, the finished painting belongs to no one but … Continue reading →

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Category Archives: Uncategorized

Tips to Create Illusion and Depth in Your Artwork

Reviewing The Red Truck

Art Center Information Draws and Paints All Day

A Day at the Museum With Norman Rockwell

Art Center Information Discusses the Trouble With Ellipses

Winslow Homer: Supreme Achievement in American Art

Thomas Hart Benton and Student, Jackson Pollock

Reigniting Public Interest in Illustrator Howard Pyle

Remember The Finished Painting Will Always Belong To You

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