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Composition
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 …
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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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Watercolor Artist Years at a Glance
Who was the artist who painted with tea bags? What are some different tools for masking? How can you avoid making mud? Find all of your favorite articles and featured artists from the Watercolor Artist—and Watercolor Magic—archive with these handy downloadable indexes.
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The Pastel Journal Years at a Glance
Who was that pastelist who paints en (extreme) plein air? What’s the best way to judge your own values? Whether it’s your favorite Pastel Pointers column or an artist’s feature from years’ past that you’re after, you can track down the issue in which it was published with these handy downloadable indexes.
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Pastel Pointers Blog | A Matter of Size, Part 1
In a society that tends to reward excess, it can be difficult to be an artist that works relatively small. Larger paintings are always priced higher in gallery settings and are frequently given more attention in exhibitions. This leads the public to believe they have more intrinsic value. While it is true that considerably more physical time may be required to cover an expansive surface and framing will undoubtedly be more expensive, it is not true that the efforts to create a painting of merit is harder when done in a monumental size.
Anatomy of a Pastel Painting | A Gallery
In the June issue of The Pastel Journal, three pastel painters—William A. Schneider, Ron Monsma and Colleen K. Howe—shed light on their creative processes by deconstructing a favorite painting. Here are a few of the tips they share: Ron Monsma: …
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