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A Venetian Methods Oil Painter
As a visual artist I’ve created images in Silkscreen, Intaglio, Lithography, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Acrylics and Oils and...
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Photographing Your Artwork
These notes were presented by Tom Schmidt at the 2009 OPA National Meeting in Santa Fe, NM. Photographing...
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On Growing As a Painter
It’s never too late to be who you might have been. —George Eliot By now you understand the...
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An Insight Into the Modernist Movement/Look to Children's Art
Not unlike the vast majority of OPA members, I displayed a talent in drawing and painting at a very...
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Dancing with the angels – Part 2
Twelve professional artists talk about being “in the zone”, what it means, what it’s like, and how to...
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Dancing with the angels – Part 1
Twelve professional artists talk about being “in the zone”, what it’s like and how to get there. When...
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Charles Warren Mundy Interview
  I first met C.W. Mundy when I stepped into the back of a limousine one evening in...
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Artistic Goals
The First of Three Elements of One Artist Goal Plan By Roger Dale Brown, OPA This article is...
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OPA 2013 Eastern Exhibition Winner Spotlight
The OPA 2013 Eastern Exhibition featured some of the most prominent artists of our day, and we'd like to take a moment to highlight some of our fine awardees for this exciting exhibition.
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Pigments, Painters and Thieves
A Random Guide to Entertaining Books, Fact and Fiction, that Reveal Minutia, Mysterious Happenings, Tangled Webs, and Outright...
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