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Highlights and Specularity
Highlights can give snap and sparkle to a subject, but they’re not just a bunch of white dots...
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Mobile Masters Make Art Instruction Accesible to Artist Anywhere
CLAYTON J. BECK III-AN ARTIST WITH CHARACTER FIGURE PAINTING WORKSHOP AT THE WOODLANDS ART LEAGUE, Sept. 8th-12th/14 The...
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What’s the Concept?
Paul Strisik was a master artist and teacher. He authored a couple of important books: The Art of...
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Diane Massey Dunbar Revisited
After I posted one of Dunbar’s paintings of a glass jar on my Facebook page, an admirer of...
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Workshops, Workshops, Workshops…
It doesn’t matter if you’ve been formally trained or not, or how long you have been painting: if...
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2014 Summer Online Showcase Winners Spotlight
We’re proud to highlight the winners of the OPA Summer 2014 Online Showcase. Enjoy some brief biographies below,...
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Great Expectations
21 Days “Painting” on the Road “The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who...
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2014 Summer Online Showcase Winners
The OPA Summer 2014 Online Showcase was held from June 1 – August 15, 2014, open to Associate...
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Finding (and Keeping) Your Muse
Andrew Wyeth created a series of 240 paintings and drawings of his German neighbor, Helga Testorf. Picasso painted...
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The Beauty Of The Brain
Is beauty really as subjective as we think it is? Or does science point to a more painful reality?
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