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Recents News
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Photographing Artwork for Competition
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Jurors only want to see the image. The mat and frame distract from the painting. I had first-hand experience with this in a show I juried. Inevitably, one woman sent in a slide [CD] that included her paintings, herself standing next to them, and the crowd behind her at an art festival. In another entry, the slide featured a framed painting sitting on a chair. In both of the examples it was difficult to focus my attention on the paintings themselves.
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An Artist's Guide to Seeing, Painting and Expressing by Bob Rohm
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Keeping the Carson four-value landscape in mind
(http://robertjsimone.com/art-instruction/the-4-basic-elements-of-landscape-painting,
always try to simplify your scenes into five value groups at the most. There are many ways to simplify. For example, a distant tree line may have both light and shadow, but, for the strength of your painting, you need to keep the tree line the same value. Instead of adding another value, represent the light and shadow by using warm and cool colors, keeping their values the same. Submitted by Becky Lucas |
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How to Mix Chromatic Black
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| Mix equal parts of Prussian blue, alizarin crimson, and an earth color such as burnt sienna, burnt umber, raw sienna or raw umber. This mixture makes a richer, deeper black than using black straight out of a tube. |
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