Features
Special Section: 20 under 40
Meet the "new guard" of artists producing a variety of representational art that's both impressive and inspiring.
Staff Report
Fusion Art
Daud Akhriev's broad, beguiling repertoire of art embraces
various cultures, time periods and styles.
By Jenny Wohlfarth
A Work in Progress
Fully developing a painting idea means continuously responding to the evolving relationships of lines, values and colors.
By Ron Monsma as told to Jennifer Ball
Send a Strong Message
Capture those "stop to smell the roses" moments and tap into universal truths.
By Julie Y. Baker Albright as told to Jennifer Ball
Piecing it Together
Toby Klein combines abstract art, geometrical patterns and tiny embellishments in distinctive mixed-media and collage works.
By Lisa Wurster
At Peace
Create a soothing sense of tranquility for viewers with the visual simplicity that comes from sparse details and carefully layered backgrounds.
By Christine Reichow
Making Space for Art
Five expert artists show and explain their studio setups—and give you some advice for yours.
Compiled by Lisa Wurster
Columns
Brushing Up
Learn the characteristics of different types of panels and how to prepare them for painting.
By Butch Krieger
Business
Check out six tips for designing an artist's Web site that viewers will want to return to again and again.
By Marques Vickers
Art Clinic
Create both interest and depth in your paintings by varying
color temperatures.
By Marilyn Hughey Phillis
Master Class
Discover how Jasper Cropsey achieved an incredibly majestic scope in a very small painting.
By John Elliot
Departments
- Dialogue
- The Artist's Life: One artist's career in fantasy art, and a comprehensive art reference that takes you "from cave art to pop art."
- Competition Spotlight: 2005 Art Competition Finalist Jennifer Gardner.
- Ask the Experts: How to be successful in showing your art in restaurants and offices, and the correct way to use fixatives on your pastel works.
- Materials Handbook: Instructional DVDs blending Taoism and watermedia, an adaptable plein air easel, pastels in landscape hues, and books on botanicals and inspiring pastel art.
- 2006 Art Competition
- Art News
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