Highlights

Acrylics
Complete Guide to Today's Hottest Medium

Splendid Over 60!
10 Artists Prove Age Is Just a Number

Getting Into a Juried Show
5 Tips to Enhance Your Chances

Patricia Polacco
Top Children's Book Illustrator's Tale of Triumph

Features

Words of Wisdom
Ten splendid artists, whose ages range from 61 to 81, share secrets of art and life.
By Grace Dobush

The Tapestry of a Tale
Stunning draftsmanship and indelible memories inform Patricia Polacco's stories.
By Holly Davis

Toy Tableaux
Jonathan Queen paints toys in arrangements that are delightfully odd.
By Tamera Lenz Muente

Taking the Art World by Storm
Amy Marx sees extreme weather phenomena as metaphors for a life-force energy.
By Louise B. Hafesh

Quick-Change Artist
David Curtis evokes land and sea in both watercolor and oil.
By Ken Grofton

Mediapedia
Acrylics: what they are, how they work and answers to frequently asked questions.
By Greg Albert

Columns and Departments

March 2009 Online
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Letters
Artists extol colored pencil.

The Artist's Life
Austrian artist Maria Lassnig continues to challenge the status quo.
By Ruth K. Meyer

Brushing Up
To paint water, focus on values.
By John Salminen

Drawing Board
Construct a collage based on reference photographs.
By Vera Curnow

Exhibitions
Spring abounds in great shows.
Edited by Holly Davis

Ask the Experts
Signature style and museum quality are defined.
By Paul Dorrell

Business
Improve your chances when entering a juried show.
By Karen Leland

Competition Spotlight
Chica Brunsvold sees world's within watercolor.