Tag: Acrylic Painting Techniques & Art

Art Tip File: Seeing Details In Your Painting

Monarch Sky (acrylic, 30x40) by Rick Pas, acrylic painting tip

Acrylic artist Rick Pas shares a tip on how to see details when you’re working on a painting. Full Article

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The Artist’s Magazine May 2012 Online Table of Contents

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Sheldon Tapley: Controlling the Light in an Urban Studio; Garry Kaye’s studio setup; the origin of still life; tips about giclées; and an excerpt from ‘Van Eyck to Dürer’. Full Article

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Photoshop | A Tool for Artist Garry Kaye

Apple Tree is an acrylic painting by artist Garry Kaye, who uses Photoshop to manipulate his photo references.

Artist Garry Kaye, who uses Photoshop to help him create large beyond-photorealistic, detailed landscapes in acrylic, says his challenge with Apple Tree (acrylic, 36×48) was to create depth when using predominant greens. “I attempted to do this,” he says, “by using warm greens in the foreground, offset by colors leaning to the cooler side for the background.” Full Article

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Old World – New World | Wildlife Art Exhibition by Guy Combes and Andrew Denman

The Grey Scale flamingo chicks acrylic painting by Andrew Denman wildlife art

Internationally recognized artists Andrew Denman and Guy Combes announce their first joint exhibition: “Old World-New World.” Full Article

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Tip File: Using Gesso

Hydroelectric (watermedia, 29x41) by Dale Laitinen, acrylic, watercolor painting, gesso

Watercolor artist Dale Laitinen shares his tip for using gesso in a painting. Full Article

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Tip File: Cleaning Acrylic From Your Paintbrush

Bird by Bird (acrylic, 34x24) by Sherry Loehr, acrylic painting, paintbrush cleaning

Acrylic artist Sherry Loehr shares her tip for cleaning acrylic paint from her paintbrushes. Full Article

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The Artist’s Magazine April 2012 Online Table of Contents

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The other side of Tom Root’s imagination; Marvin Mattelson’s commissioned portraits; acrylic artist Patti Brady’s studio; free lesson in intuitive abstraction and more. Full Article

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Acrylic Artist Competition

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Acrylic Artist Magazine presents a new art competition, just for acrylic art. Full Article

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Stephen Bennett: One Man—1,000 Portraits

Stephen Bennett uses his photos to guide him in creating portraits that focus on the eyes, inviting us to “enter” and experience our common humanity.

Stephen Bennett uses his photos to guide him in creating portraits that focus on the eyes, inviting us to “enter” and experience our common humanity. Full Article

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Tip File: Get a Grip (On Your Brush, That Is)

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The following is a tip that ran in the November 2011 issue of The Artist’s Magazine, in the feature article “Tools That Are Tried-And-True.” Full Article

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