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Light & Atmosphere: 4 Seasonal Scenes in Pastel

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Watercolor White-out: 5 Ways to Let the White of Paper Do the Heavy Lifting

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Reviving Rust: Achieving a Weathered Patina in Watercolor

By McKenzie Graham It’s easy to imagine the looming shadows cast by a combine harvester abandoned to nature’s persistent forces and the gradual blooming of orange rust on the metal. What requires an artist’s eye of observation, though, are the tiny sha…

7 Practical Tips for Finding Sketch-Worthy Winter Scenes

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Mighty Minis: 4 Creative Exercises for Making Bite-Sized Art

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The Art of Getting Unstuck: Collage

By Michael Chesley Johnson When he’s feeling stuck creatively, watercolor artist Randall David Tipton—known for his award-winning abstract landscapes—finds himself turning to another medium: collage. “I have an evolving relationship with the medium,” t…

A Fresh Perspective: 7 Tips for Nurturing Artistic Growth

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Back to (Art) Basics

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Structured vs. Spontaneous: One Artist’s Painting Approach

By Michael Chesley Johnson For award-winning watercolorist Rick Anderson, the broad plains of the Mississippi Delta provide an opportunity for his brush to roam free, dashing out passages of gold and green with a rhythm that energizes the land’s flatne…

The Art of Painting Portraits Fearlessly

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