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Star Wars Art: Oil Portrait of Padme by Carl Samson
Palette Knife Painting Technique for 3D Objects by Carl Samson
Learn how to represent 3D objects on a flat painting surface with Carl Samson’s palette knife painting technique. Samson demonstrates how the pass of a painting knife can make shadow and side planes recede.
Posted in Art Demos & Techniques, Articles, Medium, Oil, Portrait / Figure, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine
Tagged Portrait and Figure
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How to Paint on Copper | Preparing Copper Plate
Copper plate, if properly prepared, is a smooth, archival oil-painting surface that’s been used by artists for hundreds of years with stunning results. This demonstration shows how to prepare copper plate for painting with oils.
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Tagged art technique, Oil
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Marvin Mattelson’s Portrait Artist Hall of Fame
Luminous skin tones, reach-out-and-touch fabrics, verisimilitude of facial features—these are all characteristics of a portrait by Marvin Mattleson, whose client list includes CEOs from Met Life, NYNEX and ITT, as well as composer Philip Glass and the Archbishop of New York, Edward Cardinal Egan. But whose work does Mattelson admire—and why? Read his answer—and find out why John Singer Sargent isn’t on his list.
Posted in Art Critiques & Studies, Articles, Artist Interviews & Profiles, Inspiration and Creativity, Medium, Oil, Portrait / Figure, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine
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How to Use a Clear Ground for Color Harmony in Painting
The wonderful thing about using a clear ground is that the color of the substrate shows through and acts like a toned surface, adding unity to the final painting. Learn how with this step-by-step demonstration.
Posted in Art Demos & Techniques, Articles, Landscapes, Landscapes / Seascapes / Cityscapes, Medium, Oil, Other Subject, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine
Tagged Landscapes, Oil
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Painting Light in Winter Landscapes by Peter Fiore
The secret to infusing your winter landscapes with vibrant color lies in understanding how color values and temperatures interact with one another.
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Design Rules! | For Powerful Paintings, Push Design Over Subject
“Most students I’ve taught are looking for good subjects to paint. In fact, what you need to look for is good design,” says artist and author Ian Roberts.
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Tagged Composition, Landscapes
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Beth Krommes | Steps to Illustrating a Picture Book
Beth Krommes, scratchboard artist and winner of the 2009 Caldecott medal, describes the steps for creating illustrations for a picture book.
Posted in Articles, Business of Art, Medium, Other Medium, Other Subject, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor
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Sadie Valeri | Tips on Painting Highlights
We often see the edge of a highlight as being sharp, and we paint a hard line around it. But this usually assumes too large a leap from the highlight to the next area of light. Only at the very end, in the final context of the entire finished painting, is it possible to judge how close the highlight is to the area around it.
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John Salminen on Painting With a Mouth Atomizer
By John Salminen In the last stages of painting Gloucester Boatyard (above), I decided to add emphasis to the center of interest—the boats in the midground. One way I accomplished this was to use a mouth atomizer to darken the …
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