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Art Tips: Creating the Focal Point

It is important for an artist to create a composition that influences the viewer to look at a certain area or image. This area is often called the focal point. When you think about it, properly viewing a good painting … Continue reading →

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Art Tip of The Day: Create and Utilize Harmonious Grays

The viewer of a piece of art work needs a place to rest their eye’s, especially if their are too many overwhelming vibrant colors. Many master artists are aware of this and plan, create and utilize harmonious grays within their … Continue reading →

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An Artist’s Tale: A Little Love, A Painting, And An Art Thief

Part 1: A Little Love~ It was in July of 1982, and my new bride and I were moving her and her two children to my apartment in St. Louis. We’d been married the week before. We were traveling from … Continue reading →

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Leading the Eye With Color and Light

In my paintings, I like to consider the different ways of leading the eye of the viewer with color and light. The unfinished painting on the left is one example of this. It shows the red umbrellas disappearing in the … Continue reading →

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Building up a Painting

The watercolor that I am in the process of completing is beginning to vex me not a little. Building up a painting is a slow methodical process. The ease to err is somewhat overwhelming, and although there are times of … Continue reading →

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Painting the Characteristics of Light

An awareness of light and its subtle qualities is necessary for artists that wish to make dramatic paintings. Light is the difficult characteristic that separates the delightful from the mundane. It is the different nuances of light that help determine … Continue reading →

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Selecting the Right Palette for the Painting

I prefer to use as limited a palette as possible, because it offers more flexibility in creating a range of colors by mixing. In the watercolor painting that is in a state of “work in progress,” I have several things … Continue reading →

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Tip: Liven up Your Watercolor

“Let your darks be dark and your lights light“~Howard Pyle Tip: Do not consider all accidents in your painting a “ruin” of the painting. Many accidents can be turned into “happy” accidents. Artists are creative by their very nature. Use … Continue reading →

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Tip: Developing Personal Art Style

“How can I find my creative self, a way to discover my own style?” Every artist in their own way seeks liberating experiences, and in the quest for their artistic success, asks this question. fearing to be different, some never … Continue reading →

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The Secret of Watercolor

No artistic medium competes with watercolor when it comes to use and freshness in execution. This is true for the beginner as well as the expert. It presents the simplest basic techniques, while at the same time it may be … Continue reading →

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