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On the Cover: Sunflowers and Coffee (detail, reversed) by Teri Starkweather, 1999, watercolor, 40 x 30. Private collection. Mixing Careful Planning With Spontaneity FEATURES Winners of the 2010 Cover Competition Hundreds of artists submitted their artwork to this year’s Watercolor Cover Competition...
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Reading Chair, Sims House by Ronald Lewis, 1996, acrylic, 18 x 14. Courtesy Bryant Galleries, Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Paintings of the sheer peaks of the Alps or serpentine glimmer of the Hudson River showcase the awe-inspiring characteristics of the natural world. But there’s...
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On the Cover: Chrysanthemums (detail, reversed) by Patricia Watwood, 2008, oil, 15 x 18. Collection the artist. Seeing & Painting Beyond the Obvious DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Note What’s New at ArtistDaily.com Art Mart Quick Sketches Exhibitions Bulletin Board FEATURES Special Report: Art...
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I was an impatient little girl. My favorite word was “now.” My favorite question was “Now?” And my favorite answer … you get the picture. But I’ve grown older and wiser (sort of!), and this maturity is mainly the result of realizing that instant gratification is a...
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Filed under: oil, landscape paintings, How To Paint, Art Instruction, Painting Instruction, painting technique, landscape painting, oil painting techniques, painting techniques, Learn How To Paint, Painting Tips, Courtney Jordan, Chris McHenry
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On the Cover: John Morra teaching still life painting in New York City. Photo by Nathan Kraxberger Michelle Dunaway: Painting From the Center FEATURES Paul DeLorenzo: Learn the Basics of Academic Figure Painting by M. Stephen Doherty Having been trained by two of the most important American academic...
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Brian Riley
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10 Feb 2010
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Filed under: Workshop, oil, Stephen Doherty, Molly Siple, draw, focal point, Landscape Painting, Curt Walters, still lifes, Figure Painting, Burton Silverman
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Ever since my trip to Venice, Italy, last year, I have been looking at paintings of the city by 19th-century artists such as Sargent and Whistler, as well as contemporary artists such as Steve Rogers and Leonard Mizerek . I've become more aware of how these artists exaggerated color relationships...
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Pricing artwork is one of the most complex tasks that emerging artists face, especially when they first begin to work with galleries. It's easy to see by reading articles and books on art marketing that the opinions of the experts vary. To make it even more complicated, we artists sometimes price...
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Our newest free eBook, “24 Tips to Learn How to Paint a Plein Air Landscape,” is now available to download, and in it you’ll find tips on how to get started working en plein air and how to improve your en plein air painting technique.Featured artist Donald Demers emphasizes the importance...
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14 Dec 2009
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‘Tis the time of the year when galleries across the country host their annual holiday exhibitions, giving artists, dealers, and collectors the opportunity to gather around great art and share some Christmas cheer. Whether these shows are organized around a winter theme; feature small, more affordable...
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3 Dec 2009
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Filed under: Plein Air, American Artist, Tony Pro, Jeremy Lipking, Salmagundi Club, Michael Budden, Clyde Aspevig, oil, en plein air, Watercolor, Scott Christensen, Frank Serrano, Landscape Painting, sculpture, Wildlife, mixed media, plein air painting, Trailside Galleries, Legacy Gallery, Grenning Gallery, Mark Haworth, Clint Herring, Josh Elliott, InSight Gallery, C.W. Mundy, Waterhouse Gallery, Quang Ho, Burton Silverman
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Several of the masters gathered together for a photo during the Saturday evening “Encouraging the Mastersof Tomorrow” silent auction and reception. From left to right: American Artist editor-in-chief M. Stephen Doherty, Joseph McGurl, Kevin Macpherson, Frank Serrano, David A. Leffel, Jacob...
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Brian Riley
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1 Dec 2009
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Filed under: Drawing, American Artist, Workshop, Quang Ho, oil, watercolor, Stephen Doherty, landscape painting, Jacob Collins, art materials, Weekend With the Masters, George Gallo, Frank Serrano, Scott Christensen, Jeremy Lipking, Learning From the Masters, Kevin Macpherson, Joseph McGurl
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On the Cover: Curt Walters painting the Grand Canyon (photo reversed). Graydon Parrish: A Rational Approach to Color Hue, Chroma, and Value Ben Fenske: Six Basics of Landscape Painting FEATURES Ben Fenske: Six Basics of Landscape Painting by M. Stephen Doherty During visits back to the United States...
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Known primarily for his figurative work and for leading a resurgence in classical art education through his Water Street Atelier and the Grand Central Academy of Art, in New York City, Jacob Collins is now the founder of the Hudson River Fellowship , where he aims to reconnect contemporary plein air...
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8 Oct 2009
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Filed under: Plein Air, American Artist, Anatomy of the Landscape, Asher B. Durand, oil, en plein air, Hudson River School, impressionist, Landscape Painting, sketches, Frederic Edwin Church, drawing, Jacob Collins, draw, art history, John Pence, figure painting, Grand Central Academy of Art
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Painted outdoors, usually in one sitting.
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The personalization of your paintings is what truly makes them masterpieces. Artist Daily provides great resources for any artist interested in painting landscapes.
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In the new atelier she opened in Rome, Andrea J. Smith teaches students to use a limited palette of colors when painting exactly what they see from a measured distance away from the subject and the easel. by M. Stephen Doherty Andrea J. Smith made corrections on a student’s sight-size drawing at...
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21 Aug 2009
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Filed under: Drawing, Workshop, oil, Smith, Expand From a Limited Palette and Focus, Andrea J, sketch, draw, portraiture, still lifes, portrait painting, lithographs, grisaille, Stephen Doherty, landscape painting, Bargue, sight-size method, Judith Pond Kudlow, Jacob Collins