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The Next Generation of Artists and You

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Today’s blog focuses on the important teaching art to children; celebrate your experience and share it so that our younger generations can reap the benefits of artful living. Full Article

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Art That Makes You Think (Twice)

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When I opened the pages of Strokes of Genius 4, The Best of Drawing: Line and saw ‘Splash’ by Ljubica Fa-Hardi, it appeared that perhaps face paint or Kool-Aid had splashed the subject–this little girl with a squinched face, but… Full Article

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Go for the Glow! | Luminescent Acrylic Paints and Tom Bacher

New York City painting by Tom Bacher in daylight

Using luminescent acrylic paints, Tom Bacher paints landscapes and portraits with spectacular lighting effects. He combines different brands of fluorescent and phosphorescent paints to achieve the look he wants for various elements in paintings that change in color and composition over time. Full Article

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Ivanco Talevski Online Gallery

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by Ivanco Talevski, www.ivancotalevski.com
2009, etching, aquatint, and drypoint, 36 x 24.

The Macedonia-born, Pennsylvania-based artist Invanco Talevski is Drawing magazine’s New and Notable artist for our spring 2013 issue. Here, enjoy a few more of the sometimes funny, sometimes unnerving, always idiosyncratic works by this fascinating artist. For more information and … Full Article

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Learning to See: Step-by-Step Demo with Sarah Lamb

Three Pears (oil, 13x16) by Sarah Lamb

Nothing is hard to paint when you look at every object the same way. Squint—it’s the most important thing you can do to decipher values. Full Article

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Sandrine Pelissier: Newspaper Collage and Painting Demo

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See a painting demo by mixed media artist Sandrine Pelissier, showing how she created her newspaper collage, acrylic & ink piece, Recycling Life, a winner in The Artist’s Magazine’s 2013 All Media Art Competition. Full Article

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Our May 2013 Artist of the Month | Paul Chapman and his Acrylic Painting

A Quick Brush Up, acrylic painting, Paul Chapman

Congratulations to artist Paul Chapman,a finalist in The Artist’s Magazine’s Annual Art Competition. Read about his acrylic self-portrait, A Quick Brush Up. Full Article

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Step-by-Step Demo: A Portrait in Colored Pencil

Opaline Dreams (colored pencil and water-soluble crayon, 20x12) by Shawn Falchetti

In this free painting demo, Shawn Falchetti’s demonstrates how to create his portrait painting “Opaline Dreams” with colored pencil and water-soluble crayon. Full Article

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Painting En Plein Air, Part 1 | The Field Sketch

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Every serious artist understands the importance of working from life. Whether it’s the still life, portrait or landscape, there’s no reference material that can replace the experience of interpreting subject matter one-on-one. While it’s never easy to progress from painting from photo reference to painting from life, it takes special concentration to do so in the landscape with the ever-changing lighting and conditions. This, along with the overwhelming vastness of the landscape, can stymie even the most technically advanced pastelist. Full Article

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Women Painting Women

Candice Bohannon's Untitled

This past summer, I was lucky enough to visit the National Gallery in London. Scattered throughout are thousands of artworks, and after walking through just a few of the rooms, I began to feel overwhelmed by looking at the portraits–like I was seeing my own fragile humanity reflected back at me. The subjects all looked beautiful, young, and vibrant, but of course, they’ve all been gone for a long time. Full Article

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