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Composition
Tip File: How to Check Proportions While Painting
Posted in Blogs, Composition, Subject, The Artist's Magazine Blog
Tagged Composition, Still Life
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Everything Must Go!
All hyperbole aside, we really are having the Warehouse Sale of the Season, today through Dec. 23: discounts up to 80%, no coupon necessary.
Posted in Blogs, Composition, Drawing, Holiday Gift Guides, Medium, Mixed Media Subject, Other Medium, Pastel, Shop, Subject, The Pastel Journal Blog
Tagged Drawing, Inspiration and Creativity
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Creativity Workshop: Mix and Match
Some of the textures in Party Papers and Red Circles (watercolor on paper, 22×30) were achieved with white gouache, which Carol Z. Brody sprayed through various screens and doilies to brighten a painting that had become too dark. It was …
Posted in Abstract, Art Demos & Techniques, Articles, Composition, From the Magazine, Inspiration and Creativity, Medium, Subject, Watercolor, Watercolor Artist
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Five Tips for Value Sketches
Posted in Abstract, Animals, Art Demos & Techniques, Articles, Composition, Drawing, Landscapes, Medium, Mixed Media Subject, Other Medium, Other Subject, Portrait / Figure, Still Life, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine
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Use Design To Create a Powerful Painting | by Ian Roberts
When you think in terms of design as you compose, and not just subject, your paintings immediately become more engaging—and your success rate soars.
Posted in Acrylic, Art Demos & Techniques, Articles, Colored Pencil, Composition, Drawing, Landscapes, Medium, Mixed Media Medium, Oil, Other Medium, Pastel, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor
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Pastel Pointers | Compositional Intrigue
Producing a pleasing composition is often much harder to accomplish when painting en plein air versus painting in the studio from photographic material. Being surrounded by the vastness and complexity of a natural setting can provide a degree of intimidation as well as unlimited visual distractions, while the photograph is safe and contained.
Posted in Articles, Blogs, Composition, Landscapes, Medium, Pastel, Richard McKinley's Pastel Pointers Blog, Subject, The Pastel Journal
Tagged Composition, Pastel
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Free Watercolor Demo: Discover Shapes Within a Composition
Painting Watercolor Flowers That Glow, an encore presentation of North Light artist Jan Kunz’s best-selling book, shares simple step-by-step demonstrations for capturing that celebrated “glow” in watercolor. Kunz explains how composition, color theory and other important elements of painting …
Posted in Art Demos & Techniques, Composition, Flowers, Jen's North Light Picks, Medium, Subject, The Artist’s Magazine, Watercolor, Watercolor Artist
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Composition and Color | The Power of the Poster
A favorite saying of mind is,:“A good painting is not by accident but by design.” This statement implies that it is up to the artist to arrange the basic visual elements of the composition: shape, edge, value, and color to make a successful artistic statement. One way of working out these compositional elements, before committing pigment to surface, is to do small sketches. These thumbnail sketches place the major compositional shapes within the framework of a format, allowing an artist to visualize the final painting’s composition. Adjustments can then be made to strengthen the rhythm and movement of the visual pathway throughout the painting, facilitating a more successful outcome.
Robert K. Carsten | Representational Still Life Demo
Robert K. Carsten’s version of still life encompasses paper bags and bottle caps, where the emphasis is on the spent rather than the fresh, on the man-made rather than the natural. “When I first started this series, I didn’t think of these pictures as still lifes,” he says. “Only after I realized they were still lifes did I think the series was about finding—not deliberately arranging, but painting found objects sometimes in accidental arrangements.” Carsten received his training at the Art Students League in New York City, the Rhode Island School of Design and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Carrara, Italy. Scavenging through recycling plants for the perfect found still life is a compelling adventure for Carsten, “Visually, it’s like going to a toy store.”
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Jean Pederson’s Guide to Better Shapes
Jean Pederson knows how to keep perspective. In her study of perspective, the August 2011 issue of Watercolor Artist featured artist counts shape as an essential consideration, “To make your work memorable – whether it’s realistic or abstract – you must first understand what shape is and then discover how you can best use it in your paintings.” Pederson illustrates how to more effectively use shape as a building block of composition.
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