What is it?
In regards to art, a study is something that is drawn, painted, or sculpted as preparation for a larger or more finished piece. It may sound pretty similar to a "sketch," but there is a difference. Sketches allow the artist to plot out in ...
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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?
The technique we'll be looking at today is a fun one: broken color. This term refers to a technique where an artist will apply colors to a painting in small strokes, but does not blend them, so that they blend optically rather than ...
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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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Today's Technique Tuesday topic is often a hotly debated one in the art world; many artists and art appreciators have very strong feeling one way or another about the type of paint they prefer between oil and acrylic. Before we get into this discussion, ...
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Today's Technique Tuesday post is going to take a look at an aspect of art creation that many art appreciators easily forget--the surface under the paint!
Here we have pictured just a few examples of the many different types of surfaces fine ...
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What is it?
Painting in miniature is more than just painting a small work. The word "miniature" originally came from a Latin term for the red pigment that was used in the creation of illuminated manuscripts. Because the decoration and illustration in ...
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What is it?
This is an easy one! We're all very familiar with the wonderful medium of colored pencil, due to its frequent use in schools and for children's play as well as the enjoyment of adult artists of all skill levels. Colored pencils don't have a ...
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What is it?
The topic of today's post is a medium that many folks (and certainly anyone who had a childhood art class!) are familiar with: watercolor. One of the very oldest types of paint, watercolor consists of pigments suspended in a water-soluble ...
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