Remember last November, when Cindy Procious and Mia Bergeron had that fantastic two person exhibition with us? One of Cindy's largest paintings in that show was "Yin and Yang in a Crustacean World". Check out these in-progress photos Cindy took to see the ...
READ MORE
First of all, we wanted to send a big THANK YOU to everyone, both artists and art lovers, who came out to join us for the opening of our still life invitational, "The Language of Objects" this past Friday evening! We love the variety of folks that this ...
READ MORE
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 ...
READ MORE
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 ...
READ MORE
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 ...
READ MORE
Welcome back to Technique Tuesday! Here's the last part of that series looking at what artists use for reference (we've already looked at painting from photographs and from the imagination). Today's post will be a bit different, as it's a guest post ...
READ MORE
Remember the Technique Tuesday post where we took a look at chiaroscuro? Today's post is going to take a look at a very cool technique, closely related to chiaroscuro: tenebrism.
What is it?
Tenebrism, like chiaroscuro, is all about the use of ...
READ MORE
What is it?
Most everyone would probably be able to guess what exactly is meant by the phrase "loading the brush" as it relates to painting--you dip the paintbrush in the paint! It's pretty simple. There are all sorts of ways, however, that artists ...
READ MORE
Welcome back to Technique Tuesday! Today we're taking a look at one of the most basic and essential techniques in art: chiaroscuro.
What is it?
Chiaroscuro (pronounced "keyARo-scuro") is another art term with its roots in the Italian language. As ...
READ MORE
Happy Saturday! Today's Studio Selfie features Wisconsin still life painter Jacob A. Pfeiffer. Known for his highly realistic and often subtly humorous still life compositions, Jacob's work is currently featured in Principle Gallery's booth at the Boston ...
READ MORE
