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Technical Insights from "Weekend with the Masters"
Today’s blog is from OPA Master, Dan Gerhartz, with some insights he shared during the 2012 “Weekend with the Masters”....
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Painting Backgrounds
I have received a number of questions about painting “backgrounds” specifically for portraits. Too many students spend their...
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Where to Find Hidden Sales
Most of us, as artists, often don’t know where to turn to sell our work. If we had...
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Some thoughts on one Artists' convoluted road of failure, travail, and success
I have been teaching art for over 50 years and drawing and painting for 75 years. Where did...
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The Art of Being and Having a Mentor
“Sometimes it takes an expert to point out the obvious.”    –Scott Allen On a recent fall afternoon, noted...
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Dappled Light Is the New Paisley
Remember paisley?  I do.  My brother had a 1971 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe with a paisley vinyl top. ...
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When Your Name Is Called
What is it like to win a big award at a national art show? How would you spend...
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Painting Winter Landscapes
Every winter I have to remind myself that artists don’t need to be on a perfect sunny sea...
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Road Trip to Utah
This past September, my mother, dog and I decided to take a road trip to Utah to visit...
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Find The Spark
What motivates us to do the things we do?  For some, it is a pursuit of money, for...
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