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Art Tip File: Using Sandpaper

Winger Interior (oil, 26x18) by T. Allen Lawson

Artist T. Allen Lawson shares a tip for using sandpaper while creating a painting. Full Article

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Enhance Your Painting Composition by Looking at the Larger Shapes

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In the February 2012 issue of Pastel Journal, Doug Dawson shared his principle of the organizational shape. Learn what it is and why it’s instrumental to sorting out a composition. Full Article

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Tip File: Study the Golden Section

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Pastel artist Sydney McGinley shares a tip on design for paintings. Full Article

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Tip File: How to Check Proportions While Painting

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Robert Armetta shares his tip for checking proportions while painting. Full Article

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Composition Tip: Start Big

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Bill Tilton, featured in The Artist’s Magazine, shares a quick tip about composition. Full Article

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Tip File: 10 Ways to Avoid Clichéd Art

Harpy Eagle—Talons (graphite and acrylic, 20x36, 4.75x32.75) by David N. Kitler

Wildlife artist David N. Kitler strives to keep his art fresh by breaking up the standard composition—working with multiple images and views of his subject. Full Article

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Design Rules! | For Powerful Paintings, Push Design Over Subject

Road to Asciano (oil, 36x36) by Ian Roberts

“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. Full Article

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Redrawing and Repainting | A Demo by Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco

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Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco, who is featured in the November 2011 issue of The Artist’s Magazine, builds layers of color in paintings inspired by classical techniques and modern masters’ ideas of process and design. Read on for her step-by-step demonstration of The Blue Jug (oil, 18×22). Full Article

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Pastel Pointers | Compositional Intrigue

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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. Full Article

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