• Simultaneous contrast in Monet’s Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn)

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:14
    Stacks of Wheat (End of Day, Autumn), Claude Monet; oil on canvas, roughly 28 x 40 in. (66 x 28 cm); in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, which offers both zoomable and downloadable images on their site. Here’s a question for you: in this painting by Monet — one of several in […]

  • 3 Tips for Painting With a Limited Palette

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:11
    Here’s a small painting fresh off the easel, New Zealand, Botanical Gardens. I used a limited palette for this one. Just four colors plus titanium white. Alizarin crimson, transparent red oxide, cadmium yellow, and ultramarine blue. Painting with a limited palette is an interesting exercise and I suggest you try it yourself from time to ... Read more The post 3 Tips for Painting With a Limited Palette appeared first on Draw Paint Academy.

  • Brush Flush: A Brush Cleaner for Oil and Acrylic

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:10
    : Art Materials Techniques Oil Painting Watercolour Painting Acrylic Painting Pastel Painting Drawing Printmaking Studio and General Glossary of Art Terms FAQs Submit Your Idea Interviews Features Artist Interviews Features Editorials Shop Materials Jackson’s Art Prize Online Gallery Acrylic Painting Brushes Oil Painting Brush Flush : A Brush Cleaner for Oil and Acrylic 1st October 2024 by Evie Hatch 2 Brush Flush is a biodegradable and watersoluble brush cleaner that removes a variety of paints from natural and synthetic brushes . This article tests the effectiveness of the brush cleaner , including whether it can remove dry , hardened paint from brush fibres . Brush Flush : A Brush Cleaner for Oil and Acrylic In the Jackson†s studio , our brushes are in constant use . While cleaning

  • Artist Review of Jackson’s Museum Stretched Canvas

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:10
    Art Materials Techniques Oil Painting Watercolour Painting Acrylic Painting Pastel Painting Drawing Printmaking Studio and General Glossary of Art Terms FAQs Submit Your Idea Interviews Features Artist Interviews Features Editorials Shop Materials Jackson’s Art Prize Online Gallery Canvas Supports Artist Review of Jackson’s Museum Stretched Canvas 27th September 2024 by Clare McNamara 0 Jackson†s Museum Stretched Canvases feature premium Claessens linen stretched over high quality museum wooden stretcher bars . Available with either oil primed or universal primed linen , these canvases are ideal for a range of techniques , from thin washes to thick impasto marks . In this Artist Review of the Month Jaroslaw Reszka shares his experience using the canvas for his oil painting . practice

  • Painting Reflections on Water

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:10
    Gail shares guidelines on how to paint reflections on water. She takes you through a demo to illustrate them. It’s from the IGNITE! Membership. The post Painting Reflections on Water appeared first on How to Pastel.

  • Enhance Your Landscape Paintings with Multiple Reference Photos

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:09
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  • Object of Nostalgia

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:09
    British pastelist Ian Rawling creates strikingly realistic compositions that evoke nostalgia. In this exclusive demo, he guides us through his Donald Duck piece. This post is only available to members. The post Object of Nostalgia appeared first on Artists Network.

  • Autumn Atmosphere

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:09
    As autumn arrives, summer’s green gives way to vibrant yellows, reds, and oranges—offering both inspiration and challenges for artists. Capturing fall light can be tricky, so here are three simple tips to help you create atmospheric seasonal landscapes. The post Autumn Atmosphere appeared first on Artists Network.

  • Loribelle Spirovski: Behind the Scene of a Portrait

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:09
    See how she creates her striking portraits that blend expressive linework with carefully detailed eyes, all set against bold, experimental backgrounds. This post is only available to members. The post Loribelle Spirovski: Behind the Scene of a Portrait appeared first on Artists Network.

  • All Hail Autumn—Can You Name the Artist?

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:09
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  • Presenting the Winners of AcrylicWorks 11: The Best of Acrylic Competition 

    Updated: 2024-10-16 00:11:09
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  • François Duret-Robert, art market journalist, professor and collector, has died aged 92

    Updated: 2024-10-15 11:23:57
    The former editor of Connaissance des Arts was a leading figure in the French art market

  • Indonesia's national museum reopens after devastating fire

    Updated: 2024-10-15 10:07:01
    Exhibition of 2,500 repatriated objects, including the "Lombok treasure", inaugurates the newly refurbished space

  • Hardware Store Must-Haves

    Updated: 2024-10-15 06:15:00
    Discover five budget-friendly tools from the hardware store that can elevate any artist’s process. From chip brushes to foam rollers, these versatile items offer practical solutions for the studio. Read the full article to learn more! The post Hardware Store Must-Haves appeared first on Artists Network.

  • The Difference Between Michael Harding Miracle Mediums

    Updated: 2024-10-14 23:41:27
    Art Materials Techniques Oil Painting Watercolour Painting Acrylic Painting Pastel Painting Drawing Printmaking Studio and General Glossary of Art Terms FAQs Submit Your Idea Interviews Features Artist Interviews Features Editorials Shop Materials Jackson’s Art Prize Online Gallery Mediums Oil Painting The Difference Between Michael Harding Miracle Mediums 15th October 2024 by Louise Reynolds 0 The Michael Harding Miracle Mediums provide artists with a range of five distinctive products for a solvent-free oil painting practice . With appealing qualities such as being cruelty-free , solvent-free , almost odourless , and safe to travel with , it†s safe to say that the Miracle Medium products are of interest to all oil painters . In this article , I’ll discuss their qualities . I†ll

  • Large Ed Ruscha gas station painting could bring more than $50m at Christie's after star turns at Lacma and MoMA

    Updated: 2024-10-14 16:03:50
    The 1964 painting was a prominent feature in the artist’s recent travelling retrospective

  • Drawing Arabella

    Updated: 2024-10-14 11:01:23
    As you may know, we had our second daughter, Arabella, four weeks ago. Of course, I haven’t had much time at the easel. My hands have been full with cuddles, feeding, and a few sleepless nights. But I have been able to do a touch of drawing. Mostly rough sketches of Arabella, often with her ... Read more The post Drawing Arabella appeared first on Draw Paint Academy.

  • Artist and gallery awards announced at Frieze London

    Updated: 2024-10-11 22:03:42
    Nat Faulkner wins the Camden Art Centre’s Emerging Artist Prize, while Proyectos Ultravioleta bags the Frieze London Stand Prize 2024

  • Surrealist women come into the spotlight at Frieze Masters

    Updated: 2024-10-11 21:56:09
    Gallery Minsky is marking the movement's centenary by showing works by the likes of Leonor Fini and Stanislao Lepri

  • Painting protests cause 'enormous stress for colleagues at every level', say UK's national museum directors

    Updated: 2024-10-11 21:49:53
    An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council says "demonstrations now need to be taken away from our museums and galleries"

  • MFA Boston gets $25m gift to renovate galleries and add staff

    Updated: 2024-10-11 21:31:53
    The Wyss Foundation’s donation will create more than 5,000 sq. ft of extra space for the museum’s 20th-century art collection

  • Digital art dazzles at Frieze London

    Updated: 2024-10-11 21:18:37
    Five of the best works to see at the fair created using artificial intelligence and other technologies

  • The British art market is a global success story—here's how to make sure it remains a international hub

    Updated: 2024-10-11 16:23:00
    To retain the country’s share of the art market, the government needs to ensure that the costs and complexity of buying and selling art in the UK are kept under control

  • Eye Candy for Today: The Kiss by Francesco Hayez

    Updated: 2024-10-11 14:40:58
    The Kiss, Francesco Hayez, oil on canvas, roughly 43 x 35 inches ( 110 x 88 cm); link is to image file page on Wikimdeia Commons, original is in the Pinacoteca di Brera (Brera Art Gallery) in Milan. In this beautiful painting by mid-19th century Italian painter Francesco Hayez, the woman’s stunning gown is the […]

  • Colossal Characters in Two Weeks

    Updated: 2024-10-11 14:08:00
    : Life Lessons from Dinosaurs Art from Dinotopia plus whimsical wisdom James Gurney This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators , plein-air painters , sketchers , comic artists , animators , art students , and writers . You'll find practical studio tips , insights into the making of the Dinotopia books , and first-hand reports from art schools and . museums Blog Index Academic Painters 609 Animals 323 Animation 135 Architecture 37 Art By Committee 44 Art Podcasts 3 Art Schools 105 Audio 35 Book reviews 82 Casein Painting 91 Catskill Mountains 11 Clementoons 12 Color 248 Color and Light Book 83 Comics Cartooning 169 Composition 105 Computer Graphics 107 Dinosaurs 112 Dinotopia 231 Effects Phenomena 44 Elementary Schools 10 Figure Drawing 65 GJ Book Club 7 Golden Age

  • From ordinals to ownership: Christie's explores new frontiers of blockchain-based provenance

    Updated: 2024-10-11 09:52:25
    The auction house runs two auctions that place web3 increasingly at the heart of the traditional art market

  • Frieze, UK critics The White Pube, Giuseppe Penone and Arte Povera — podcast

    Updated: 2024-10-11 09:31:36
    We find out how the London fair went this year, speak to Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad about their new book and to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev about her new show at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris

  • A Guide to Linocut Printmaking

    Updated: 2024-10-11 07:59:28
    Art Materials Techniques Oil Painting Watercolour Painting Acrylic Painting Pastel Painting Drawing Printmaking Studio and General Glossary of Art Terms FAQs Submit Your Idea Interviews Features Artist Interviews Features Editorials Shop Materials Jackson’s Art Prize Online Gallery Printmaking A Guide to Linocut Printmaking 11th October 2024 by Lisa Takahashi 0 Linocut printmaking is a relief print process that involves carving into a block of linoleum using purpose-made gouges . Linoleum is a pliable material made from cork dust and linseed oil . Once the block is carved , ink is applied to the uncut , raised surface , and pressure is used to transfer the image onto paper . What is cut away appears as an uninked space in your printed image . It is often considered easier than woodcut , as

  • An Art Lover’s Book List 

    Updated: 2024-10-11 06:15:00
    12 inspiring books to gift to the art-friendly people in your life this holiday season. The post An Art Lover’s Book List  appeared first on Artists Network.

  • The Power of Charcoal: An Inside Take With EC (Casey) Baugh

    Updated: 2024-10-11 06:15:00
    For EC (Casey) Baugh, working in black and white with a stick of burnt wood is just another way to explore the endless possibilities of creative expression. This post is only available to members. The post The Power of Charcoal: An Inside Take With EC (Casey) Baugh appeared first on Artists Network.

  • New London gallery plans to champion artists from beyond the capital

    Updated: 2024-10-10 21:49:28
    Manchester-born William Hine, former director at Grimm Gallery, will highlight many contemporary artists who have shown at institutions before, but not had commercial exposure

  • 'An inspiration to all of our artists from Africa': Esther Mahlangu enjoys double exposure at 1-54 and Serpentine

    Updated: 2024-10-10 21:16:20
    The 88-year-old South African artist is the subject of a solo stand with The Melrose Gallery at the Somerset House fair, while a site-specific mural goes on show outside the Serpentine North

  • 3rd Annual Artists to Watch Official Winners List

    Updated: 2024-10-10 17:08:16
    We’re delighted to present the 15 emerging artists whose work took awards in the 3rd Annual Artists to Watch Art Competition. The post 3rd Annual Artists to Watch Official Winners List appeared first on Artists Network.

  • Painting a Film-Noir Streetscape

    Updated: 2024-10-07 19:20:00
    : Life Lessons from Dinosaurs Art from Dinotopia plus whimsical wisdom James Gurney This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators , plein-air painters , sketchers , comic artists , animators , art students , and writers . You'll find practical studio tips , insights into the making of the Dinotopia books , and first-hand reports from art schools and . museums Blog Index Academic Painters 609 Animals 323 Animation 135 Architecture 37 Art By Committee 44 Art Podcasts 3 Art Schools 105 Audio 35 Book reviews 82 Casein Painting 91 Catskill Mountains 11 Clementoons 12 Color 248 Color and Light Book 83 Comics Cartooning 169 Composition 105 Computer Graphics 107 Dinosaurs 112 Dinotopia 231 Effects Phenomena 44 Elementary Schools 10 Figure Drawing 65 GJ Book Club 7 Golden Age

  • Penovác's Cats

    Updated: 2024-10-05 01:25:00
    : Life Lessons from Dinosaurs Art from Dinotopia plus whimsical wisdom James Gurney This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators , plein-air painters , sketchers , comic artists , animators , art students , and writers . You'll find practical studio tips , insights into the making of the Dinotopia books , and first-hand reports from art schools and . museums Blog Index Academic Painters 609 Animals 323 Animation 135 Architecture 37 Art By Committee 44 Art Podcasts 3 Art Schools 105 Audio 35 Book reviews 82 Casein Painting 91 Catskill Mountains 11 Clementoons 12 Color 248 Color and Light Book 83 Comics Cartooning 169 Composition 105 Computer Graphics 107 Dinosaurs 112 Dinotopia 231 Effects Phenomena 44 Elementary Schools 10 Figure Drawing 65 GJ Book Club 7 Golden Age

  • On Color Deficiencies

    Updated: 2024-10-04 07:35:51
    I had an interesting question from a reader. They have a slight color deficiency in their vision (red/green deficient) and wanted to know if it would have an impact on their paintings and if they should be doing anything about it. Here are my thoughts. It would probably have an impact but how much? I’m ... Read more The post On Color Deficiencies appeared first on Draw Paint Academy.

  • AcrylicWorks 11 Inside Take! 

    Updated: 2024-10-04 06:15:00
    Get inspired by the top three winners of AcrylicWorks 11, sharing insights on their creative process. This post is only available to members. The post AcrylicWorks 11 Inside Take!  appeared first on Artists Network.

  • Michael Harding Introduces the Brick Lane Oil Colours

    Updated: 2024-10-04 00:58:27
    Art Materials Techniques Oil Painting Watercolour Painting Acrylic Painting Pastel Painting Drawing Printmaking Studio and General Glossary of Art Terms FAQs Submit Your Idea Interviews Features Artist Interviews Features Editorials Shop Materials Jackson’s Art Prize Online Gallery Oil Painting Michael Harding Introduces the Brick Lane Oil Colours 4th October 2024 by Clare McNamara 2 Michael Harding’s Brick Lane Oil Colours are a collection of ten paints that commemorate the time he spent in London’s East End in the 1990s . They include new convenience mixtures , like Neutral Tint and Blue Verditer , as well as single-pigment modern synthetic colours like Quinacridone Purple and Orange Benzimidazolone . In this film , Michael Harding shares each of the paints in the Brick Lane selection ,

  • Which Sticker Idea Is Best?

    Updated: 2024-09-24 20:57:00
    : Life Lessons from Dinosaurs Art from Dinotopia plus whimsical wisdom James Gurney This weblog by Dinotopia creator James Gurney is for illustrators , plein-air painters , sketchers , comic artists , animators , art students , and writers . You'll find practical studio tips , insights into the making of the Dinotopia books , and first-hand reports from art schools and . museums Blog Index Academic Painters 609 Animals 323 Animation 135 Architecture 37 Art By Committee 44 Art Podcasts 3 Art Schools 105 Audio 35 Book reviews 82 Casein Painting 91 Catskill Mountains 11 Clementoons 12 Color 248 Color and Light Book 83 Comics Cartooning 169 Composition 105 Computer Graphics 107 Dinosaurs 112 Dinotopia 231 Effects Phenomena 44 Elementary Schools 10 Figure Drawing 65 GJ Book Club 7 Golden Age

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