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  • Re: under painting

    I believe the important thing to remember is that there are no rules in art except those of not mixing non-compatible substances. Don't want any undesirable chemical reactions. Perhaps you could try a few small, simple pieces with a few different under colors and determine what you like best for...
    Posted to Oil (Forum) by slwaldon on 2 Sep 2010
  • artist statement and bio help

    I am submitting some of my work for consideration to some galleries and need to write an artist statement and BIO . I am a self taught artist and am not sure how to discribe my work. The only art education that I have other than what I have observed and learned on my own is a corrospondence course that...
  • Painting again

    What is a painter to do when all she thinks about is painting and creating and yet nothing inspires her enough to begin painting again?
    Posted to Beginners (Forum) by efontanez on 22 May 2010
  • Re: How to paint a ROSES?

    . Hello.I'm glade you like my avatar Margo . I try very much to paint almost every day,but is so difficult for mebecause no one help me....is my hobby.I love still life and landscape,but i really like flowers ,maybe is to difficult for me ,for beginner.I try more and more but I fail.Iam interested...
    Posted to Oil (Forum) by m_artha on 9 May 2010
  • New to the community, looking for a bit of advice.

    Hello everyone, glad I actually found someplace like this. Here's the thing my drawing skills are quite lacking. I would really like to improve and I hear the best way is to practice. I'm starting up a routine to do at least 20 mins of drawing a day mostly gesture sketches and the like. My question...
    Posted to Beginners (Forum) by Prophet710 on 21 Apr 2010
  • Re: A Philosophical Question...

    I see your point. I have always thought "Still Life" was not a helpful use of words. Shall we coin a new word for the "Still Life" painting/drawing? Who likes "Stillaio" = STILL Arrangement of Inanimate Objects!? If it is not a word for something else already. Can anyone...
    Posted to Beginners (Forum) by D. S. Jackson on 1 Feb 2010
  • Artistic Worldviews: A Plea For All Artists to Portray Truth, Goodness, and Beauty

    As a young boy, I was ahead of other children in my artistic abilities. I paid a special attention to detail, and I understdood more advanced artistic methods and techniques such as foreshorting, implimenting more or less detail where attention is needed, and various types of shading. I thought I was...
    Posted to Outside the Studio (Forum) by Heartfire on 20 Jan 2010
  • TRYING TO BE AN ARTIST IN THIS "DIGITAL' WORLD"

    MY BACKGROUND: B.A. DEGREE IN STUDIO ART (SUNY) '87, BACK SURGERY IN '93, PROBATIONARY AD DESIGNER '95, ODDS & ENDS JOBS '96 TO PRESENT. SITUATION: WITH MY DISABILITY (PHYSICAL) I UN-"ABLE" TO ACQUIRE A NORMAL JOB. SO I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO UPDATE MY COMPUTER GRAPHIC KNOWLEDGE...
    Posted to Watermedia (Forum) by portraitartist45 on 12 Dec 2009
  • Seascape: Scott's Bay

    this is 4' x 1 ' on masonite in Acrylic.
    Posted to Critique My Artwork (Forum) by Marg Millard on 13 Oct 2009
  • Comments made in gallery and critique forum

    I have been a member of this community since late last year and have throughly enjoyed showing you my work and reading your comments on my work and the work of other artists. I have been wondering though about what words I like to read when I post my work in the gallery and in the various forums. When...
    Posted to Critique My Artwork (Forum) by Sharon Repple on 30 Jul 2009