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Kim Carlton

Drawing the Fine Line

Kim Carlton · Jul 25, 2016 ·

I have recently been exploring boundaries and have found some beautiful lines that are helping me to be a more thoughtful, loving artist. I’m mostly unloving toward myself, as the creator of my art; but I’m going to change that. I think that “unlove” of every sort will find its way to the canvas and...
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A Few of My Favorite Things

Kim Carlton · Jan 31, 2016 ·

It’s not that I’m unimpressed by raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens. It’s just that my favorite things are the things that help me simplify and strengthen my paintings. I have a handy bag that carries a few of my favorite things, stowed together with my painting gear in my backpack. In the back...
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The Pace Race

Kim Carlton · Jul 13, 2015 ·

Like any vital, living thing, the art world is ever evolving. In the distant past, paintings were accomplished in the studio by painstaking application of layers of paint over a period of sometimes years. In the not-so-distant past, the trend toward alla prima painting increased the expectation of completing a piece in a much shorter...
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The Value of Color Charts

Kim Carlton · Dec 1, 2014 ·

My advice—my plea to you—is to do the charts for your sake. (Do not use mine.) The charts are not a sure-fire gimmick guaranteed to make you a color wizard, but they are the best way I know of to understand your pigments and enter the study of color on sound footing. Take your time;...
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