Category: Painting
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Paint List
Paint List is an independent artists’ paint testing, review and information website and YouTube channel created by Melissa Carmon and Jonathan Myers. I’m not sure how I was unaware of this until now; there is quite a bit of accumulated material, though the YouTube channel was only started two years ago. This is an excellent,…
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Lehigh Valley plein air event, Easton, PA – until October 14, 2023
Vasari Classic Artists’ Oil Colors — a small, independent company that makes handcrafted artists’ oil paint — has a showroom in Easton, PA, in the Lehigh Valley. They are sponsoring a month long plein air event in cooperation with the Karl Srirner Arts Trail, which is right next to their shop. The latter is a…
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Plein air event in Lehigh Valley offers free Vasari oil paint
From now until October 15, 2022, there is a plein air painting event in Easton, PA co-sponsored by the Karl Stirner Arts Trail and Vasari Classic Artist’s Oil Colors, makers of what is arguably the finest handcrafted oil paint available. This is a fledgling event, so participants have an opportunity to get in on something…
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James Gurney botanical study video
Painter, illustrator and writer James Gurney frequently posts short videos to YouTube, often showing his painting process. Though I have found pretty much all of those I’ve seen enjoyable and informative, he recently posted a video that I found particularly appealing. In Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain he sets out to paint…
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Gradients: Color, Form and Illusion
I received review copy of Gradients: Color, Form and Illusion, a new instructional video from painter, illustrator, writer and teacher James Gurney. The concepts behind making gradations of color in visual art can seem as though they should be simple, until you find yourself trying to paint something like different bands of color on a…
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Vermeer restoration unveiled with revealed Cupid
Johannes Vermeer, the remarkable 17th century painter from the city of Delft in the Netherlands, is revered for his transcendent portrayals of the effects of light and atmosphere in domestic scenes. He is best known for his series of compositions in which people, predominantly young women, are seen engaged in simple activities in front of…