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Magicians and Gamblers

Pamela Newell OPA · Sep 27, 2021 ·

Autumn Harvest by Pam Newell OPA10″ x 20″ – Oil So you want to be an artist?  Go sit at your palette, wear old shabby clothing, wear a beret, live in a romantic studio hideaway and wait to be discovered.  Hollywood has created a stereotype of the tortured creative genius that once found, is instantly...
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Looking Back: The Importance of my Illustration Career

Mr. Hodges Soileau · Sep 13, 2021 ·

Finders Keepers Mystery by Hodges Soileau OPA Oil, Book Cover #98 from the Boxcar Children series The times we live in and the problems people are dealing with make me pause. Although I am not a person who regularly reflects on the past, lately I have been thinking about something….my illustration days, and the importance...
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Skies

Deborah Tilby OPAM · Aug 30, 2021 ·

Golden Glow by Deborah Tilby OPAM12″ x 16″ – Oil The topic of skies in the landscape comes up all the time with my private students and is a subject with which many painters struggle. I thought I would share a few things I have learned. I will start with the most obvious, which is...
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Video References in Portrait Painting

Susan Patton · Aug 16, 2021 ·

Cherished by Susan Patton30″ x 30″ – Oil Character, Personality, Spirit, Soul – these qualities cannot be measured by the length of the nose or the distance between the eyes. Yet, they are what a client is looking for when they commission me to paint a portrait. They can be revealed, however, in the movements,...
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Epiphany: on Music and Breaking the Rules

Anna Bain OPA · Aug 2, 2021 ·

The Valley Patriarch by Anna Bain OPA 24″ x 42″ – Oil on linen I am a professional artist, but what some people don’t know about me is that I have played piano since I was eight years old. I was classically trained all the way through college, with a major in art and a...
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