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An All-Or-Nothing Proposition?

One of the best conversations I’ve had about art wasn’t with an artist. It wasn’t with an art historian, curator, or gallery owner, either. It was with a mechanical engineer. We went from discussing his latest design project to the artfulness of historical blueprints to Leonardo’s notebooks—and I think we may have even touched on Umberto Boccioni and Futurism.
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Published 13 May 2013 12:15 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, sketching, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil
With Instincts Like Vermeer & Vuillard

Continuing the long line of intimists from Vermeer to Vuillard, Mark Karnes makes an alluring world out of the quietest aspects of his domestic life. Like all great painters of the near-at-hand, Karnes' work reminds us that beauty is to be found everywhere...

Published 27 Mar 2013 12:15 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Do You Have Your Own Personal Symbolism?

When you think about it, you probably have a personal symbolism—objects or colors or landscape features that hold special meaning for you. These ideas can develop from our personal experiences, our culture, or books we've read. In the comic...

Published 12 Dec 2012 12:21 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: acrylic painting, Pastel, Drawing Basics, Art, fantasy art
Broken, Dirty, and Torn Up

I respect Steve Wilda's approach to still life painting because he depicts objects that most people would pass by. Torn lace tablecloths, broken mugs, rusted out pots—the items that Wilda depicts aren't refined, yet the still life paintings...

Published 10 Dec 2012 12:44 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, still life, Art
I Must Be Doing Something Wrong

That was my first thought when I started to explore acrylic painting. The paints would dry so fast and it drove me crazy because I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong. Looking back, I realize how many acrylic painting techniques I still had...

Published 3 Dec 2012 12:34 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, still life, Art
Light, Light, Burning Bright

Hopefully Blake will forgive me for that little rewrite, but when I see a painting that has complicated light effects or diffuse light that seems almost prismatic I can't help but think of that adulterated line of poetry. New York City, Winter 2006...

Published 26 Oct 2012 12:50 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, landscape painting, acrylic painting, Art
Paint Faceoff: Tube Takes On Jar

For those who are painting with acrylics , this can be a big issue if only because you are constantly dealing with the consequences or benefits of your decision to work with jar color or paint from tubes. What I have gathered from my acrylic painting...

Published 27 Aug 2012 12:44 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, Art
It's a Sensitive Subject

Topics and ideas that tend to strike a chord and spark debate are often that way because they are so subjective. In art, color is definitely one of those sensitive subjects because no two people see a color in exactly the same way, nor do painters always...

Published 9 Jul 2012 12:39 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, Painting, Color, Art
AAA: Abstraction is an Asset to Your Art

Abstraction is a key part of how you paint or draw anything. It is seeing completely with the eye, and not allowing the brain to contextualize what we are seeing. But turning off the brain is no small task! I've found that painting with acrylics has...

Published 25 Jun 2012 12:42 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, landscape painting, acrylic painting, Art
4 Paintings That Rock & Why

And what do they all have in common? They are all done with acrylic painting techniques . Peter Drake's Mother W/Out is an unusual but fairly uncomplicated composition that makes the viewer question if the figure is real or a figment. The way the...

Published 29 May 2012 10:56 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, Art
What Do Painters Really Do?

Do you know how frustrating it is to love something, but not necessarily know everything about it? That's sometimes the way I feel about color. I have such a visual lust for color--learning new colors, discovering new paint mixes, figuring out how...

Published 17 May 2012 10:43 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, acrylic painting, Oil Painting, Art
Is That Goat Wearing a Pink Suit of Armor?

Whether or not Thomas Woodruff's paintings are to your taste in terms of subject matter is one thing—although who doesn't love maniacal butterflies and tigers prowling through lush, jewel-tone landscapes?—but the artist definitely...

Published 27 Mar 2012 10:20 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: acrylic painting, Artist Daily, still life, Art
A Positively Festive Way to Paint

Orange and Holly by Alan Bateman, acrylic painting. Alan also won our Move Over Hallmark! Holiday Card contest . It's the time of year for decorated garlands, ribbons and bows, and cheery lights, all of which have me in a festive mood to create a...

Published 27 Dec 2011 10:01 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: acrylic painting, Artist Daily, still life, Art
The Artist Watch List—Are You On It?

In the December/January issue of American Artist magazine, the editors and staff put out feelers throughout the art community to find artists who are established or up and coming, and deserve recognition. They had limited space in the print issue, so...

Published 18 Dec 2011 10:49 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, acrylic painting, Artist Daily, still life, Oil Painting, Painting, Art
Move Over Hallmark! Holiday Card Contest Winner Announced!!!

I want to thank all of you for all the wonderful entries for this year's Move Over Hallmark! Holiday Card Contest . Who needs to go buy a holiday card from a drug store when you're as creative as, well, all of you! You all have helped us celebrate...

Published 13 Dec 2011 2:49 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: acrylic painting, Artist Daily, Art

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