Jeremy Mann is a world renowned artist and one of our most sought-after painters. 2016 has been a big year for him; in addition to a documentary about his life and work being released this year, we are thrilled to announce that Jeremy has also had another ...
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Well-known for his art on maritime adventures, the realist painter John Stobart also had a knack for selling these watery works. As is typical with any other artist to sell his or her works, this new Principle Gallery artist was an especially savvy ...
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What is it?
Simply put, a nocturne is a painting of a night scene. James Abbott McNeill Whistler was the first to apply the term to paintings (it is originally a descriptor of a piece of music whose composition is evocative of nighttime) and in art ...
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What is it?
Atmospheric perspective is a visual phenomenon that occurs when we view a landscape. A very simple way of understanding the phenomenon is through the phrase, "fading into the distance." When we view a landscape, the objects in the distance ...
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What is it?
Last week, we took a look at oil paints and acrylic paints, but this week's topic is a painting medium that predates both of them--egg tempera. Egg tempera is an ancient type of paint that is made by mixing powdered dry pigments with egg ...
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Principle Gallery wishes a huge CONGRATULATIONS to each of the IGOR 10th Annual Juried Exhibition award winners, as well as all the brilliant and talented artists whose work made it into this exhibition! And also, thank you so much to everyone who came ...
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What is it?
Arbitrary color refers to a choice of color in an artwork that has no basis in the realistic appearance of the object depicted (think purple cows, yellow sky, pink sun, etc.). When painting, many artists choose their colors with ...
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What is it?
Pointillism is a painting technique that popped up in the late 1800's as an off-shoot of Impressionism. Essentially, pointillism uses small, distinct dots or strokes of different colors in a pattern to form an image. This technique relies ...
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What is it?
Continuing our mini-series on different reference methods artists use, today we'll be looking at painting from the imagination. Nearly everyone who has ever had an interest in art had at some point created an artwork from imagination or ...
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Before we start to look at this week's Technique Tuesday topic of Tonalism, we're going to start with a mini discussion of two basics that are important to understand when talking about this style. So, in case you are not yet familiar with these concepts ...
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