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Moving In by Steve Huston, 16 x 20, 2001. Courtesy Eleanor Ettinger Gallery. Alaska-born artist Steven Huston knows that when there's no mammoth sports arena or cheering crowds, an athlete on the field of play can easily turn into an artist's ideal model. Even without motion, an athletic figure...
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Seated Male Nude (study for The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence) by Agnolo Bronzino, 1565-1569, black chalk, 13 x 18 1/4, corners cropped. Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York. The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence by Agnolo Bronzino, 1569, fresco. Basilica di San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy...
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Last week I had the opportunity to get together with a handful of art-materials retailers from around the United States and Canada to discuss concerns about reaching the art-making world and to share what artists are purchasing and what materials they are shifting to. We discussed the recent survey that...
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In the November 2009 issue of American Artist , we featured artist John Evans , whose evocative and compelling oil paintings emerge from a long process of struggle, overpainting, layering, sanding, and soul-searching. Here, we feature additional images from the artist we were unable to fit in the print...
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Whenever I sell one of my paintings, my energy is renewed, and I feel as if I can conquer the world. My self-esteem soars as I begin to envision all kinds of new ideas for paintings. The same types of feelings emerge when I get a painting accepted into a competition or win an award. These “cloud...
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I recently assisted my granddaughter, Amanda, as she painted with water-soluble tempera colors in our backyard. Like most four-year-olds, she loves to draw and paint, and although her drawings have become increasingly controlled pictures of herself, her parents, five pets, and her home, the paintings...
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We chose 10 finalists for our Drawing Magazine Cover Competition—and then easily named William Rose the winner, as he best showcased the skill level and imagination of our readers. View the winners of the Watercolor magazine 2008 cover competiton . Winners of the American Artist cover competition...
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Anthony Panzera comments on Leonardo da Vinci's Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing to the Right. by Anthony Panzera Head of the Virgin in Three-Quarter View Facing to the Right by Leonardo da Vinci, ca. 1510, soft black and red chalk drawing, 8 x 6. Collection The Metropolitan Museum...
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Massachusetts-based artist Barney Levitt creates rich and detailed oil paintings from precariously placed still lifes. by Naomi Ekperigin A Fine Balance 2006, oil on panel, 16 x 19. Collection Garrett Demarest Minnie Smells a Trap 2007, oil, 16 x 20. Collection the artist. “I prefer not to label...
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This expatriate American turned away from realism to create an art of stylish and ethereal beauty, ably represented in his drawings. by John A. Parks Crouching Figure in The White Symphony: Three Girls 1869-1870, chalk on brown paper, 10 5/8 x 10¾. Collection the Freer + Sackler Galleries, Washington...
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Faintly draw construction lines to remind yourself of the parts of the form you don't see. by Bob Bahr Contour of a Woman Relaxing by Alex Zwarenstein, 2002, graphite, 20 x 30. All artwork this article collection the artist unless otherwise indicated. Zwarenstein's perspective lines greatly diminish...
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A current exhibition in Stockton, California, shows how members of the Plein-Air Painters of America (PAPA) interpret their on-site studies to make larger studio paintings. We asked eight of the exhibiting painters to share their approaches with American Artist readers. Here’s what they had to...
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We explored Rose Frantzen's insightful approach to teaching figure painting in the spring 2007 issue of Workshop magazine. Here, we offer tips from the article. Helpful Hint: Evaluate Your Process Subjectively Frantzen uses several methods to judge the progress of her paintings subjectively. One...
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Christopher Hart explains how he drew this gloomy ballplayer. Step 1 Although the basic head shape is big and round, it still has angles. The cool look of the character depends on a well-crafted outline. Step 2 A small, upturned nose is almost always used for young kids. Step 3 Remember when drawing...
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by Edith Zimmerman From Hart’s Cartooning series (Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, New York). Anyone interested in the techniques of cartooning has probably heard of Christopher Hart . His instructional books have been read and reread by millions of both young and adult artists and have been...