Flowers

Tips for Painting Roses

The Artist's Magazine, November 2011 cover, art by Colin Berry

Four artists depict the symbol of beauty’s transience, as featured in the November 2011 issue of The Artist’s Magazine. Here, they share tips for painting roses. Photographs for Color Reference “Once you’ve learned how to draw by working from life, … Full Article

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5 Great Gifts for Flower-Lovers

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These remarkable books and DVDs make great gifts for the floral artist in your life. Watercolor Quick & Easy with Joyce Faulknor (DVD) Follow along as Joyce demonstrates painting flowers in watercolor using unique approaches—mixing color directly on the surface … Full Article

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Flowers in Watercolor and Colored Pencil | A Step-by-Step

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Playing with the picture plane, Karen Anne Klein composes imaginative arrangements of the natural world’s precise patterns and dynamic abundance in watercolor and colored pencil. Her work is featured in The Artist’s Magazine. Here, she provides a step-by-step demonstration of Black Tulip and Peony. Full Article

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Painting Tips | Roses

Rose Castle (oil, 10x8) by Colin Berry

While “old time is still a-flying,” five artists portray the rose as ephemeral subject and enduring symbol—and make it seem new. The following is a free excerpt from the article “Gather Ye Rosebuds” by Maureen Bloomfield, in the November 2011 issue of The Artist’s Magazine. Full Article

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Still Life/Floral Winners from the 28th Annual Art Competition

Beyond the Frame (oil, 24x36) by Eileen Eder

Congratulations to the 30 winners of our annual art competition! Here (and in our December 2011 issue) we celebrate the winners from the Still Life/Floral category. Full Article

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Texture and More Texture | Close-Up with Jimmy Wright

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“Close-Up” gives you insider knowledge and an intimate view of a painting that is featured in The Artist’s Magazine. “Texture and More Texture” by Jimmy Wright originally appeared in the November 2011 issue. Full Article

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How to Paint Rose Petals | by Jane Jones

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Follow basic shapes and forms to paint petal rolls and leaf flips like a pro. Jane Jones teaches you how in this article from The Artist’s Magazine. Full Article

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How to Sell Your Artwork | Alternative Venues

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Art Meets E-Commerce by Karen Leland The Internet’s Etsy, RedBubble and Imagekind provide artists with alternative venues for marketing and selling their work. While the marketing mix for artists looking to sell their work continues to include traditional venues such … Full Article

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How to Photograph a Painting, Step by Step

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Professional art photographers Ric Deliantoni and Al Parrish shoot paintings, craft and woodworking projects for F+W Media’s book lines and magazines. Here they guide you on how to photograph your own painting, step by step. Take Your Best Shot By … Full Article

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Go, Lovely Rose | A Letter from Maureen Bloomfield

Rose Castle (oil, 10x8) by Colin Berry

The poet sends a rose to his beloved; with our November 2011 issue, we send a garland of roses to you. For Colin Berry, whose renderings of roses appear here and on the cover of this issue, the rose is an edifice, almost marmoreal. Berry loves “the shapes of the petals, how they fold over one another, how they twist in space and catch the light.” Jimmy Wright, in contrast, sees ephemerality, the rose on its way to dissolution. Wright’s radiant obsession is time, which historically the rose is an emblem of. See how Dana Levin, Birgit O’Connor and Sandra Sallin, along with Berry and Wright, reinterpret the favorite subject of Henri Fantin-Latour and Édouard Manet in “Gather Ye Rosebuds.” Full Article

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