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Articles
Workshops 101: Tips From Today’s Top Instructors, by Jessica Canterbury
Painting workshops aren’t inexpensive—a two-day session will cost about $175 to $200, and a weeklong workshop typically starts in the $500 range, not including food and lodging—but they’re an investment in your fine art future. To really get your money’s worth, it only makes sense to prepare as much as possible. We asked four popular watercolor workshop instructors—Mary Alice Braukman, Eric Wiegardt, Birgit O’Connor and Ratindra Das—for their take on how students should enter into a session. According to them, a little pre-planning goes a long way.
Posted in Business of Art, Jen's North Light Picks
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Pastel Pointers | Choosing Your Pastel Palette
One of the most frequently asked questions of any pastel painter involves the pastel palette and palette box. Somehow, we all assume there is some method that holds the secret to painting success. While this is far from the truth, a well-appointed palette certainly can make the task of painting what we see, and wish, much easier.
Art Tip File: Draw, Draw, Draw
Pastel artist Sam Goodsell shares his tip about drawing in this “Art Tip” from The Artist’s Magazine.
Posted in Articles, Blogs, Drawing, Medium, Pastel, The Artist's Magazine Blog
Tagged Drawing, Pastel
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Pastel Pointers | Getting Started With an Underpainting, Part 2
One simple way to create a value underpainting is to use permanent India ink, consisting of carbon black, gum and shellac. Utilized since the Renaissance as a means for creating a permanent drawing in advance of over painting, a pastelist can dilute the ink with water to produce a variety of value washes. Once dry, various colored underpainting techniques can be applied without altering the underlying value design. If you plan to use water-based techniques over the value underpainting, be sure to obtain the permanent version of India ink.
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Bonus Articles from the July/August 2012 issue of The Artist’s Magazine
Bonus articles from The Artist’s Magazine: Copyright Law Q&A, Free Art Video Previews, Arthur Melville and His Influence, Ways to Map the Figure, Portrait Artist Carl Samson and more.
Posted in Art Demos & Techniques, Articles, Medium, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine
Tagged Portrait and Figure, Watercolor
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11 Art Extras from The Artist’s Magazine
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Art History: A Watercolor Artist You Should Know Of
Contemporary watermedia artist Stephen Quiller tells the story of The Glasgow Boys, particularly E.A. Walton and Joseph Crawhall, 19th-century painters who were influenced by the little-known, innovative Scottish watermedia painter, Arthur Melville.
Posted in Articles, Artist Interviews & Profiles, Landscapes, Medium, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor
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