Artwork Mag Search: Charcoal
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Acrylic, charcoal and pastel on canvas 24" x 24" Still working on the same set of paintings. I am happy not to use brushes at all. The approach feels to me to have more...
8 hours ago - Real Art
Yikes, they wheeled me into one of my own abstract paintings
Acrylic, charcoal, pastel and graphite on canvas 24" x 24" The child in the push chair motif is me many moons ago aged about 3. I don't know why I am acting surprised / scared...
1 day ago - Real Art
Illustration by Balliol Salmon
A.J. Balliol Salmon (1868-1953) was a British illustrator who painted high-society subjects using pencil, watercolor, gouache and pen. Various drawing and painting media were...
1 day ago - Gurney Journey
Half Heard
Acrylic, pastel, charcoal and graphite on canvas 24" x 24" When your hearing is very bad as mine is one of the things I miss is listening to music. And yet I find that my brain...
6 days ago - Real Art
Interlude
Acrylic, charcoal and pastel on canvas 24" x 24" This is a re-work of the non-titled painting I posted a couple of posts ago. I have five new paintings on the go and have kept...
6 days ago - Real Art
Using Milk as a Fixative
I've heard of using bread as an eraser , but this one was new to me: using skim milk as a fixative for charcoal drawings. Apparently Van Gogh did it, and the milk solution can...
1 month ago - Gurney Journey
New Blog Series on Color, Part 9: White
View in browser Whites by Gamblin Artists Colors (This is the final post in my series on color. Next, I'll start a series on giving plein air paintings extreme makeovers!) Not...
1 month ago - Michael Chesley Johnson
New Blog Series on Color, Part 8: Black
View in browser Blacks and Greys by Gamblin Artists Colors So many of us plein air painters, working in the Impressionist tradition that dominates our craft, have been warned...
1 month ago - Michael Chesley Johnson
Charles Bargue Plates Reprinted
Making copies of Charles Bargue plates have become a standard part of academic practice in the ateliers, but it can be hard to find high quality reproductions of the original...
1 month ago - Gurney Journey
LEARNING TO LOVE ORPHEUS
I love Cy Twombly's drawing, Orpheus. Let's see if you can too. In times of uncertainty for painting, artists often revert to their primal roots in drawing to help find their...
1 month ago - Illustration Art
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