Painting

April 20, 2019

Prolific Painters Share Their Top Tips for Painting Extraordinary Portraits

Portrait painting is a tricky subject. Often, you’re trying to achieve a person’s likeness—which is itself challenging enough—while also focusing on technique. But the fact that a good portrait is hard to achieve is a great reason to try painting one in the first place. The only way you’re going to improve in your art is to push yourself to make increasingly complicated things.

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February 20, 2019

Ethereal Ocean Paintings Celebrate the Tranquil Beauty of the Infinite Sea

Artist Bree Brooks celebrates the tranquil beauty of the ocean through her ethereal paintings. Created on canvas, her pictures offer aerial views of large bodies of water often offset by a coastline or boats as they plod along in an infinite abyss. The compositions are overwhelmingly blue, and Brooks pays careful attention to the subtle hue shifts in the tide.

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February 4, 2019

Top 8 Oil Painting Techniques All Beginners and Professionals Should Know

Oil paint has a long tradition in art history. Many of the world’s greatest creatives have used this material to produce their masterpieces, and its legacy lives on as one of the most popular media today. If you’ve ever thought about painting or are a professional looking to switch up your practice, chances are that oils have crossed your mind. Acrylic and oil are two of the most well-known types of paints used by contemporary artists.

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January 20, 2019

The Life and Work of J.M.W. Turner: One of the Most Influential Figures of Modern Art

Few artists have had a lasting influence on the history of art like J.M.W Turner. Living and working in 19th-century London, the English painter is known for his interest in powerful subject matter, as evident in both his sublime landscapes and studies of modern machinery. While Turner is seen as a pioneer of Romanticism, he is most celebrated for facilitating the emergence of modern art.

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