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Painting with the Sight-Size Method

I'll be honest with you all--I am not a painting technician. I read a lot about art and, as you know, love to look at paintings and drawings all day long, but I am still a babe in the woods when it comes to many methods and approaches to painting...

Published 25 Sep 2011 10:26 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, still life, Drawing Basics, Art
Before You Accuse Me, Take A Look at Yourself

And I am! I'm calling myself out on the carpet. I've got a handful of mirrors in my apartment and don't take advantage of what is right in front of me. Which is why I'm fired up about getting people to do more self-portraits--including...

Published 19 Sep 2011 10:28 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Thomas Eakins Taught Me All About Painting People

Female Nude by Thomas Eakins, oil painting, c. 1881. The Thinker by Thomas Eakins, oil painting, 1900. Thomas Eakins earned himself quite a reputation during his lifetime. He didn't suffer fools gladly, he didn't hold his tongue, and he didn't...

Published 11 Sep 2011 10:26 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, drawing anatomy, Oil Painting, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Art, Drawing Faces
A Few Favorite Resources from My Bookshelves

Sarah Simblet (her pen drawing, Isis 38 , above) taught me a lot about how intertwined the semblance of motion and mark-making are in really good drawings. Maybe it is part of having an arts career or maybe it is just me, but I love books and magazines...

Published 6 Sep 2011 10:57 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, still life, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Ink Drawing, Color, Art
Prelude to a Kiss…Gotta Paint Lips First!

In this large scale painting by Stephen Bennett ( Beach Baby , 2001, acrylic, 80 x 64), the faint lines and varied color on the lips are faithfully rendered. As an unrepentant smart mouth, I know how much value two lips have, in real life and especially...

Published 11 Aug 2011 10:40 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Art
I’d Make You a Mixed Tape, But This Is Better. Plus, Our Collection Sale Starts Today!

My version of an art "mixed tape" is a bunch of really great info and inspiration for us as we head into the home stretch of summer. Here are several of my favorite recent Artist Daily blog entries and American Artist online articles that have...

Published 28 Jul 2011 10:10 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Show Some Skin...Er, I Mean, Paint It! For a Good Portrait Painting, It's a Must!

Stacee by Scott Burdick, three-hour oil portrait painting study, 12 x 16, 2001. I remember when Mr. Nemerow, my very enthusiastic freshman biology teacher, launched into what, looking back, I'd best describe as a full-body fit about how the epidermis...

Published 19 Jul 2011 10:53 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Art
Art Isn’t Just About Pretty People

New Year by Mary Whyte, watercolor painting of a milliner from Atlanta, GA; 2009, 22 1/2 x 29. Sometimes I get so sick of people calling a painting or drawing 'art' because it has a good-looking person in it. Who wants to hang out with Barbie...

Published 30 Jun 2011 10:50 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, watercolor painting, Drawing Basics, Art
More Painting Methods I’d Steal From Julie Heffernan

Self-Portrait Sitting on the World by Julie Heffernan, 2008, 78 x 56, oil on canvas. I started with another post about Julie Heffernan’s out-of-the-box conceptual acuity and dynamic oil painting methods , but I just couldn’t stop there. Here...

Published 2 Jun 2011 10:55 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, still life, Oil Painting, Art
I Want to Steal Her Ideas

Circles and ellipses influenced the compositional arrangement in Heffernan's Self-Portrait as Big World , oil on canvas, 2008, 65 x 68. If I could jump into any painting and live in that world for a time, I’d throw myself at a Julie Heffernan...

Published 2 Jun 2011 10:51 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Utrecht Third Annual Art Competition Begins Today

This is the third year that American Artist has partnered with Utrecht for their Third Annual Art Competition , and it looks like the prizes are the best yet. The grand prize winner receives a six-week scholarship to Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia...

Published 29 Apr 2011 4:01 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, Drawing Basics, Art Competitions, Art
5 Forget-Me-Not Tips for Painting Eyes

If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then a painter needs to get them right when creating a portrait. But the "oval, circle, dot" anatomy of the eye that we all first learned as children is far removed from how to give the illusion of a real eye in your work. Here are a few tips about painting the eye that I like to keep in mind. I hope these will help guide you when it comes time to depict this particular facial feature.
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Published 26 Apr 2011 10:04 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, shading, Drawing Basics, Art
Okay, okay! You win! Here’s your Free eBook on Plein Air Painting

Point Lobos , oil, 12 x 16. All works by Matt Smith . Have you ever had a moment where you’ve stumbled on something unexpected and you think to yourself, “What a find!” That was so me a few days ago. I read an amazing Q&A that one...

Published 10 Apr 2011 10:47 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, painting water, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics
Video on Light and Shadow: Portrait Painting with Scott Burdick and Daniel Gerhartz

The American Artist Weekend With the Masters events are always a whirlwind of activity—new people to meet, alluring art to gawk over, and then there are the workshops. Articulate, passionate artist-instructors share their own particular artistic...

Published 27 Mar 2011 10:21 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
If I Could Paint Any Four Walls

After developing an unnatural dependency on my galoshes and stocking my kitchen shelves with an outrageous amount of sugary sweets in case of snowstorms, I’ve come to realize that it is nice to be on the inside, cozy and warm, looking out. My creature comforts appreciation has definitely also influenced the kind of painting composition that I’ve been into lately: the interior.
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Published 17 Mar 2011 10:27 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, Drawing Basics, Art

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