In this series, plein air painter and instructor Jeanne Mackenzie takes a look at new paintings by contemporary artists and points out why they succeed as painted images. This week, Davis Perkins's "Hills Above Nicasio."
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This English bulldog was once known for her grumpy disposition, but these days she's famous for her paintings, which benefit the dog rescue she once called home.
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"When a city considers a public art collection a liquid asset, what implications does that have for our culture at large?" Delete the scoop?
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You cannot learn how to paint in just a few weeks - the old masters spent years as an apprentice to master artists, and many more years refining their skills... Delete the scoop?
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Kellner, who lives in Denver and still paints with her grown children, also rubbed elbows with Diego Rivera at one point. "I spent a little over a year in Mexico," she recounts. "I never met Frida Kahlo because she was really sick. I went to her home, though -- she had about 55 wild monkeys at her house in her private courtyard. They were very difficult to sketch as they were crawling all over me. I met Rivera while he was painting a mural. He came down off his scaffold and offered to teach me how to paint murals. I told him a lie -- 'I'm not interested in art' -- as he had a reputation with women, and I didn't want to get involved. While there in Mexico, I had to sell my paintings to live off of, and it was illegal to do so." Delete the scoop?
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For years, Florida artist Robert J. Simone had a quick answer for people who asked where he liked to paint: Fort Desoto State Park in Pinellas County, Florida. But then he participated in a plein air event in Bradenton that introduced him to the fishing village of Cortez, in Manatee County, Florida. Now he is a devotee of the historic town and its busy fishing industry. Delete the scoop?
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Attendees of the 2013 Plein Air Convention & Expo last month benefited from several substantial presentations, including a talk given by painter Ed Terpening on how artists can best use social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and the like. Some of his revelations surprised the audience. Delete the scoop?
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Here are some tips and techniques for what to do to fix an unresolved painting--from adjustments in composition, focal point, values and color--and how to know when the painting is done. Via Natalie Graham Delete the scoop?
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Finely executed and culturally significant watercolors by Edwin Augustus Moore are on view now in a historical display on St. Augustine, Florida. A watercolor by Edwin Augustus Moore records the aftermath of the fire in St. Augustine in March, 1895. Delete the scoop?
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Learn some simple art marketing tips to help you sell your art to strangers while painting en plein air. Delete the scoop?
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Dog & Horse Fine Art and Portraiture, an art gallery and dealer located in Charleston, SC. Delete the scoop?
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Artists are buzzing about the new Subaru car commercial that depicts the pleasures and perils of plein air painting.
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At the recently conducted WIN Lighting Awards 2012, the green bottle Christmas tree installed by the “Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Pamplona” (Pamplona’s Common Region is an entity that manages urban waste by way of reuse and recycle for a... Delete the scoop?
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Basically, sketchnoting is doodling while you're taking notes. I've been doing this ever since I got in trouble in the 2nd grade for drawing Dr. Seuss characters when I was supposed be taking a quiz. Delete the scoop?
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"There is still a lot of debate amongst artists about the need to say they are professional. For artists who consider themselves "pure artists," the term professional implies commercialism and "selling out." Delete the scoop?
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"I have little patience with exhibitions of "black on black" or a green circle on a white ground and all the psuedo-intellectual gibberish that usually accompanies such shows. It's all been done a thousand times and the individuality of the painter is lost completely." Delete the scoop?
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So you're an artist, and you feel that you put a lot of great information on your blog. Some artists charge subscriptions or have paywalls to make money off all that hard work. Should you? We talked to three artists with popular blogs to get some answers in this special feature. Delete the scoop?
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Yesterday Jeanette and I had some errands to do in Kingston, New York, and we had a little time left over to do a sidewalk painting. It was just above freezing, with dirty snow lingering in clumps and a cold wind blowing off the Hudson River. Not an ideal day for watercoloring.
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"The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade." Delete the scoop?
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