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An Artist is an Artist if They Believe They Are

Many art schools today rarely hire teacher’s without at least a masters’ degree in fine arts. However, many of our great and renowned artists did not have degrees in art. Henri Matisse and Wassily Kandinsky, for example, had their formal … Continue reading →

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Artist Works on Next Stage of His Drawing

One of the most important steps in completing a good drawing is how well you get each portion of your future picture placed on the substrate. Here artist Richard D. Burton is tracing the figure of “father time” in the … 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 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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Inspiration for the Wannabe Artist

There are some of us that drew or painted when we were young but got caught up in business and responsibilities, children and such. We left our passion by putting it off until retirement; but the good news … Continue reading →

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“Think Out” Shadows in Advance of Painting

If you paint several parallel but separated one-half inch lines of different colors on a white sheet of paper and place a vertical object nearby and then shine a bright light at an angle so the object casts a shadow … Continue reading →

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Tip For Painting Landscapes

The secondary color scheme using green, orange, and violet are especially good at creating harmony, especially, when painting landscapes. Proper use of this scheme can give a viewer that inviting feeling of being able to walk right into the picture.. … 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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Finding The Artist’s Zone

Here I am in my zone. I’ve determined that I will create a graphite drawing and a monochromatic painting of what I will call the Gears of Time. I’m working here on some sketches. I’m trying to capture the age … Continue reading →

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Some of The Agony an Artist Goes Through to a Completed Painting

The hands are all I am trying to get right here. I did not do them quite right, and it makes me Cra-a-a-a-azy! However, I will get it right or else. I have to make “Old Father Time” lean his … Continue reading →

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