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New Video This Week!Art Lessons with Lee Hammond: Draw Faces in Colored Pencil
From eyes and hair, to rich, realistic skin tones, you can create stunning, realistic faces from photographs now with Lee Hammond! Learn more about Art Lessons with Lee Hammond: Draw Faces in Colored Pencil here.Get instant online access to this video, and many other art workshop videos, at ArtistsNetwork.TV—now available for viewing on your iPad too!
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Art Critiquing & Feedback
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.
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Abstract Painting | Melanie Daniel’s Creative Process
Ruth K. Meyer describes the similarities between Wassily Kandinsky’s and Melanie Daniel’s intuitive process, as exemplified in Daniel’s ‘Antlers In Berry Season’ (oil, 35×43).
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Pastel Pointers | The Need for Feedback
Painting is a lonely endeavor. The bulk of artists’ creative lives are spent interacting alone with their subject matter and artwork. While many of us put considerable effort into listening for what a painting might be saying to us while we are painting, the only voice we really hear is that of our internal critique. This critical voice serves a good purpose. It is at times our coach, teacher, mentor, and cheerleader. The problem is that the internal critic is only as wise and nurturing as the artist.
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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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Stories Behind Two of Gregory Strachov’s Paintings
Two of Gregory Strachov’s paintings, To Lux Aeterna and Icon of Common Man, have particularly interesting stories behind them…
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A Pastelist’s Dream List
The Story of Manet
In the December 2010 issue of The Artist’s Magazine, Jerry N. Weiss discusses Edouard Manet’s Fifer (1866, oil on canvas, 63×38), which was rejected from the Salon because of the scandal that arose from Manet’s earlier picture, Olympia, (oil, 51.4×74.8, now at the Musee d’Orsay, Paris) shown in 1865.
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Art Clinic: Playing With Value Contrasts
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How to Critique Your Painting
As a workshop teacher, I critique my students’ paintings every day. Thanks to this, I’ve learned how to critique my own. Here’s what I look for.
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Free Download: Guide to Workshops
Download a free copy of Michael Chesley Johnson’s guide to workshops and find out how to get the most out of your workshop dollar.
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