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Drawing of Taheera by Sherrie McGraw, 2009, charcoal, 24 x 18. I’ve always thought of a painter’s drawings as his or her diary. A finished painting is the confident, public face shown to the world, but drawings read like journal entries, where you can see an artist’s preoccupations...
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Artist Daily
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cjordan
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11 Mar 2010
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Filed under: draw, Drawing, Weekend With the Masters, workshop, Watercolor, how to draw, Art Instruction, figure drawing, drawings, Courtney Jordan, Sherrie McGraw
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I recently joined a gym in my neighborhood, with the hopes of working off some of those extra holiday pounds that seem to wear out their welcome around this time every year. My schedule is pretty busy, so I try to streamline my visits, making a beeline for the treadmill as soon as I arrive. Occasionally...
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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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Workshop Magazine
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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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I've written a number of articles on artists who use the sight-size approach to painting, but the method became clearer to me while I was writing an article on Paul DeLorenzo for the spring 2010 issue of Workshop . The procedure is to stand a measured distance away from both the easel and the subject...
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On the Cover: Untitled (detail) by Mark Tennant, 2009, charcoal, 24 x 18. Collection the artist. DEPARTMENTS Editor's Note Contributors Sketchbook Where to Study Drawing: A Sponsored Guide to Some of the Best Educational Programs Learning From the Sketchbooks of a Modern-Day Leonardo FEATURES Add...
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When I moved to New Hampshire in the mid-1990s, I joined a local art association where the members were a mixture of "newbies" as well as seasoned professionals. In many cases the "old pros" helped us newbies learn, not only how to improve our painting but also how to run our businesses...
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I normally work from plein air sketches or my imagination, but this scene I photographed while on vacation in Costa Rica was just too beautiful to pass up. As most artists do when working from a photo, I made adjustments to the composition to better suit my painting. I first changed the foreground to...
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Ramona by Tony Ryder, 1995, graphite, 24 x 18. Private collection. My father has been in the construction industry for nearly 40 years. When I was younger, one of my favorite things to do was visit him on the job site before a building was finished and walk around, checking out what it took to put a...
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I recently met an artist who said, completely nonchalantly, “I never sketch, I never throw out a painting, and I’m always pleased with my final work.” If only we could all be so lucky! Sometimes when I’m writing an article, such as an exhibition review for Drawing, I get in a...
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On the Cover: Sunflowers I (detail) by Patricia Tribastone, 2007, pastel on prepared board, 24 x 18. Collection the artist. Drawing Upon Local Community & Landscape Painting My Hometown From Photographs DEPARTMENTS Editor’s Note Letters What’s New at artistdaily.com Art Mart Quick Sketches...
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American Artist Magazine
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Brian Riley
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1 Dec 2009
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Filed under: American Artist, oil, Quick Sketches, Stephen Doherty, John A. Parks, Molly Siple, Drawing, Winslow Homer, Weekend With the Masters, Draw, workshop
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New Utrecht Avenue 2008, watercolor, 25 x 35. Private collection. I need personal time in the studio to reflect, journal, and work. I experiment, draw, play, and entangle myself in the nitty-gritty of working on my own craft. It is never enough time, but it is something. Something I can look forward...
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My earliest childhood memory is drawing. I was lying on the couch in the living room at age two and a half, and my mother was a glance away in the kitchen. I had a red ballpoint pen and a picture book. Gleefully, I drew a large red oval on the back cover, and I remember thinking that I had gotten away...
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Rossina's Apple (detail) by William Rose. Winner of the 2008 Drawing Cover Competition. In our culture, as print has taken hold over the last few centuries and magazines have developed into microcultures of their own, we've grown used to watching magazine covers become national icons. We look...
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The American Artist editors have reviewed the submissions for the Showcase Your State: North Carolina contest, and below are the four chosen finalists. Whether it was expansive views of the Blue Ridge Mountains as seen from the Highlands; still, serene marshlands at sunset; open, sunny fields filled...
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Model James Orona When I was photographing George Towne’s step-by-step demonstration for the December 2009 issue of American Artist, I took 15 minutes to draw James Orona, the model who was posing for George. My Conté crayon sketch turned out not to be an accurate portrait of James, so I...