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  • 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, struggles, moments of exploration, and sense of play.
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  • Kevin Macpherson is a renowned artist and instructor with 30 years of plein air painting experience. For newcomers, painting en plein air means literally, painting “in the open air,” and is the genre associated with painting outdoors. In 1996, Macpherson challenged himself to what I’d
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  • With landscape artist Chris McHenry's hard-won oil painting tips and techniques, you’ll start to understand how to create a realistic sense of contrast for objects in your paintings, establish depth and focus in a landscape painting with a balance of warm and cool colors, and more. Attending
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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
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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
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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,
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  • Artists are continually looking for new sources of advice and inspiration, which is probably one of the main reasons you’re receiving this newsletter and visiting the Artist Daily website. A perfect example of artists’ desire to learn can
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  • The articles we publish in American Artist and our quarterly magazines repeat basic advice about one of the most challenging aspects of painting: selecting and mixing colors. Here’s a summary of those recommendations.
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  • Steve Doherty talks about Weekend with the Masters, and the value of new technologies in the art education process.
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  • Can you really use bread as an eraser? Find out the answer in this brief blog post about the history of erasing--and check out a new product from a Japanese manufacturer.
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  • The table of contents from the Spring 2009 issue of Workshop magazine.
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  • An artist I interviewed recently, Lisa Dinhofer, said that being a good draftsman isn't enough. She said putting the emphasis on the objects in your scene is risky if it leads to forgetting that the negative space is where your piece is either going
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  • This time of year puts the focus on family, and at the center of the family is the special relationship between mother and child. Thanks in part to the powerful patronage of the Roman Catholic Church, there are thousands of drawings of Mary and baby Jesus
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  • One of the greatest things about new American Artist online platform is that it allows for an almost immediate exchange of ideas and opinions between American Artist editors and readers. A perfect example of this is the recent debate that occurred as
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  • Editor-in-Chief Steve Doherty talks about the value of art instruction videos, and asks readers for their recommendations.
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  • The Bay Area Classical Artist Atelier, just outside of San Francisco, began with one woman’s dream to establish a school steeped in the traditions of the European ateliers of the past. Today the atelier is one of the most regarded classical contemporary
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  • From the thousands of art-instruction books available, we offer a list of those that have proven beneficial to new artists. by Naomi Ekperigin There are many options available for artists wishing to improve their skills. However, the price and time commitment
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