Yearly Archives: 2020

Tips, Tricks, Thoughts, and inspiration from across the art spectrum.

  1. An Interview With Ward Jene Stroud

    An Interview With Ward Jene Stroud

    This is an interview I did with Ward a while back during his first workshop at Cheap Joe's. We recently hosted a three-day virtual workshop with Ward and there is another coming up on Monday the 24th ...

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  2. The Versatility of Winsor & Newton Quinacridone Colors

    The Versatility of Winsor & Newton Quinacridone Colors

    Enjoy this blog post highlighting the endless color characteristics and versatility of Winsor & Newton Quinacridone Colors ...

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  3. Laurin McCracken Presents Fabriano

    Laurin McCracken Presents Fabriano

    Here is the first part of realist watercolorist Laurin McCracken's video praising Fabriano Watercolor Paper ...

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  4. "Guidelines" by Skip Lawrence

    "Guidelines" by Skip Lawrence

    Skip Lawrence offers some Guidelines for finding a more personally expressive, creative, and sincere way to paint. From the Palette Magazine. ...

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  5. Hue And You: Some Thoughts On Color Selection by Linda Fruhwald

    Hue And You: Some Thoughts On Color Selection by Linda Fruhwald

    Is this the way you choose colors for a painting? 1. Pull a few tubes of paint at random out of your paint box 2. Start painting 3. Hope for the best. If this is your method of color selection for a painting, you can do better. ...

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  6. Finding Your Space

    Finding Your Space

    Your treatment of pictorial space (how much you emphasize the illusion of depth) depends on your expressive intent. Here are your choices, their advantages, and their disadvantages. Reprinted from the Palette Magazine ...

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  7. "Painting A Series" by Anne-Marie Harvey

    "Painting A Series" by Anne-Marie Harvey

    Anne-Marie Harvey demonstrates how you can explore new approaches and develop a style by Painting A Series. Reprinted from Watermedia Focus Magazine now called the New Palette Magazine. ...

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  8. "Value Judgement" by Don Andrews

    "Value Judgement" by Don Andrews

    Anne-Marie Harvey demonstrates how you can explore new approaches and develop a style by Painting A Series. Reprinted from Watermedia Focus Magazine now called the New Palette Magazine. ...

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  9. Reviewing the 3 Basic Color Qualities - by Christopher Schink & Skip Lawrence

    Reviewing the 3 Basic Color Qualities - by Christopher Schink & Skip Lawrence

    In this article reprinted from the early, early days of the Palette Magazine, Toph and Skip fill us in on the differences between Hue, Value & Intensity as it pertains to the qualities of color. ...

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  10. The Versatility of Winsor & Newton Blues

    The Versatility of Winsor & Newton Blues

    Enjoy this blog post highlighting the characteristics and versatility of Winsor & Newton Blues. Winsor & Newton offers the purest pigments which inspire artists to create in limitless ways.#html-body [data-pb-style="6196271AA14BD"]{justify-content: ...

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