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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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Artists: The Great Communicators

In conversation we often say, “I see what you mean,” meaning, “I understand what you mean.” It can be said that seeing and understanding are one and the same thing. They are interchangeable. In the presence of most pieces of … Continue reading →

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Acrylic Painting

The virtues of acrylic paint are purity of color and short drying time. There are a great many artists using acrylics, and there are a great many artists that encourage painters to stay away from them. Because of the unfounded … Continue reading →

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Artist Preparing for a Painting

I’m sure most all artists do strange things in an effort to capture some idea for a drawing or painting. Here is artist, R. D. Burton preparing a pose for a painting of father time. In the right hand will … 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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Weekly Review 9/10 thru 9/15

On Monday, 9/10: We posted: Renoir~The Inspiring Artist. It can be said that Renoir continues inspiring artists of today. I realize this to be especially true when I daily search the internet for contemporary artist’s blog and web sights and … Continue reading →

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As Regards Art and Artists

The artist has always been a special breed of person in the world. Asking questions, looking for answers, but they have never been satisfied with letting things be. “The sun in my belly” is what Picasso called it. It has … Continue reading →

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The Post-Impressionists

Paul Cezanne: Design and shape were the features in which Cezanne approached his paintings. He was the central figure for the Post-Impressionists, and his work influenced the rest of the group.He was more focused on showing the volume and … Continue reading →

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Light’s Awesome Possibilities

To break through the unique challenge to paint light, an artist must first tackle its vague and abstract qualities. By its nature, light is the very essence of everything seen. The question is: how do we portray it properly in … Continue reading →

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