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Tag Archives: oil painting
Painting on the Edge
Choosing what to paint is hard for some painters. Personally, as my students will tell you, I often say, “I won’t live long enough to paint all the things I want to paint!”. Now that is not a prediction of … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Painting
Tagged acrylic paints, acrylics, art, art instruction, color, color wheel, complementary colors, composition, contrast, edges, oil painting, painting, value
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Painting from Photographs
This week, I have been struggling with a painting I started awhile ago. I wanted to paint a Venice Canal scene, but I wanted to paint it in a sort of nostalgic flavor. By that I mean, I wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Vacations, Humor, Painting, Uncategorized
Tagged art, art instruction, beautiful life, beauty, canals, color, composition, Impressionists, Italy, oil painting, Venice
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On Becoming a Colorist
Many of my students have asked me to expand on the theme of how to interpret color and to learn the “colorist” way of painting – especially my landscape painters. So what is a colorist? This term was first applied … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paints, acrylics, art, art instruction, beauty, color, color theory, color wheel, Colorist, complementary colors, Fauvism, gouache, Impressionists, landscape painting, oil painting, painting, painting in layers, Plein Air Painting, water soluble oil paints
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Mixing Clear Vibrant Colors
Starting with the Impressionists, color mixing has become an art form in and of itself. Monet, Degas, Van Gogh, Seraut and others began this new way of painting by limiting their palette to hot and cool versions of each primary color … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paints, acrylics, art, art instruction, beauty, color, color wheel, complementary colors, Impressionists, landscape painting, oil painting, painting, Plein Air Painting
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Color Mixing Made Easier
Color Mixing Made Easier Probably the biggest challenge to learning to paint is learning how to mix color. While this can be a lifelong pursuit, a few basic rules can help you understand how to mix pigments to create life-like … Continue reading
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Tagged acrylic paints, acrylics, art, art instruction, color, color theory, color wheel, complementary colors, composition, gouache, landscape painting, mixing paint, oil painting, painting
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Painting Groups Cure Loneliness
I have recently joined a group of plein air painters in the Portland area. Many of these painters started this group to hone their painting skills, but the group also serves as a social get together for people who have Photo … Continue reading
Many Layers to Your Personality
Recently, several of my students have complained mentioned that even though they have painted in all the objects in their paintings with one layer of paint, they are not satisfied with the result. One layer of paint. OK. Even a living room … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Humor, Painting, Uncategorized
Tagged achieving depth in painting, acrylic paints, acrylics, art, art instruction, cartooning, color, composition, dry brushing, glazing, humor, oil painting, paint-by-number, painting, painting in layers, Plein Air Painting, step-by-step, toning your canvas, underpainting, wet into wet painting
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