Sometimes it is helpful to set or premix your palette, so that colors you anticipate using will be ready and waiting for you. This is especially true if painting outdoors, as C.W. Mundy did in this work titled The Lilly Mansion, where light and weather conditions can change rapidly. A lot of painters...
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Courtney Jordan
on 24 Jan 2011
Filed under: plein air, Artist Daily, still life, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil
One of the first things I noticed when I started editing American Artist thirty years ago is that some artists identify themselves by their preferred medium and others by the subjects they draw and paint most often. Oil painters seemed more inclined to introduce themselves by saying they were portraitists...
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sdoherty
on 19 Jan 2009
Filed under: Still Life, Artist Daily, plein air, how to paint, Pastel, Watercolor Painting, Art, colored pencil
We have provided a list of links to online art resources that we think are helpful. You can also access these links in the Art Educators section of our website. Art Associations Plein Air Plein Air Painters of America The Plein Air Scene Indiana Plein Air Painters Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Association Marine...
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American Artist
on 5 Nov 2008
Filed under: Pastel, plein air, how to paint, portrait painting, Watercolor Painting, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil, Artist Daily
Read the transcript from yesterday's live online chat and drawing tutorial with colored pencil artist Arlene Steinberg. Be sure to attend our next live chat with pastel artist Janet Monafo on Monday, June 9 at 2pm EST. 2008-05-12 11:00:03.0 Administrator: You have joined a chat with Arlene Steinberg...
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American Artist
on 7 Jul 2008
Filed under: drawing, art, Drawing Basics, pastel, how to draw, pencil drawing, colored pencil, still life, plein air, How to Paint, shading, Artist Daily
We present the semifinalists in the pastel category. by Karen Stanger Johnston Changing Channels by Mike Barret Kolasinski, 2007, pastel on archival foam board, 12 x 24. First Place: Mike Barret Kolasinski Chicago artist Mike Barret Kolasinski is passionate about nature. He calls his pastel landscapes...
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American Artist
on 7 Mar 2008
Filed under: how to paint, Pastel, oil painting, plein air, landscape painting, art competitions, Painting, Still Life, Watercolor Painting, Drawing Basics, Art, colored pencil, Landscape Drawing, Artist Daily