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Oil Pastel Techniques: Start Painting with Oil Pastels

Curious about learning a few oil pastel techniques? In this FREE download from The Artist’s Magazine’s Mediapedia (an encyclopedia of art media) and a bonus article, you’ll learn the basics of painting with oil pastels from Greg Albert. “Oil pastels offer almost instant gratification for the artist,” says Albert. “They’re clean, easy to work with, bright, colorful and long-lasting.” Learning how to use oil pastels is beneficial because you can experiment with a new medium and create art that may best express your personal style.

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Drawing Is the Heart

Drawing Is the Heart Drawing is the heart and soul of art. It is, however, often underestimated and sometimes even feared, because otherwise diligent artists are dissuaded by the commitment of time required. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, in the wake of Abstract Expressionism, neo-Expressionism, and the vogue for assemblage and installation art, drawing all but disappeared from ...

Pastel Journal

Pastel Pointers with Richard McKinley | IAPS 2013 | A Pastel Family Reunion

Pastel Pointers with Richard McKinley | IAPS 2013 | A Pastel Family Reunion The tenth biennial International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) convention was held recently in Albuquerque, N.M. More than 600 artists who work in pastel converged at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town for what has come to be referred to as a “Pastel Family Reunion.”

Watercolor Artist

Landscape Painting | Antonio Masi

Landscape Painting | Antonio Masi New York City watercolor artist Antonio Masi paints bridgescapes from all around the world, but in particular, those of his beloved Gotham, to connect his past with his present. Here we share several of his international “connections.”

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Call for entries: Montana Watercolor Society 2013 Watermedia Show
Entries due May 1, 2013.
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Show dates October 1-31, 2013 in Big Fork Montana. Go to www.montanawatercolorsociety.org for 2013 water media prospectus PDF or contact Michele Beck mtws2013media@gmail.com.

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