Drawing with ink takes the precision of a master draftsman and the skill of a watercolorist handling a fluid medium. When I was in school I was completely captivated by the silky dark lines of one of the most famous pen and ink artists, Aubrey Beardsley, but there are several artists working today whose...
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A willingness to experiment with perspective and style is often the determining factor between a competent artist and a master. A new exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art , "Van Gogh Up Close," takes a compelling look at the choices Vincent van Gogh made with depth, line, and perspective...
It's not as if the wall space in my apartment is getting any bigger, but still, I'm always looking at works of art and murmuring, "I know just the place for you..." And for the past several years I've been particularly drawn to works on paper. The mark-making and drawing techniques...
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...
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...