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Artist Lynn Burton often starts an oil painting with acrylic paints. Why? You may ask. His purpose is to work mainly with dark colors and light colors in an effort to control the value, which he feels is the number … Continue reading
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A good picture painted or drawn is like a living experience. It allows the artists mood to be vivid for the viewer. However, until details of texture and pattern are added it is not a complete composition no matter how … Continue reading
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“There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see. When you’ve got it, you’ve got it. When you haven’t, you begin again. All the rest is humbug.” – Edouard Manet “We didn’t know that he was this great,” … Continue reading
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From time to time we at Art Center Information like to direct some of our new readers to different articles that have had a good amount of interest and visits from our friends. These articles may have also been missed … Continue reading
My wife, Nancy, and I zipped down to Texas on March 5th to spend time with my daughter and her husband as they prepared for my Grand-daughter’s wedding which was to be held on their estate in an old red … Continue reading
The viewer of a piece of art work needs a place to rest their eye’s, especially if their are too many overwhelming vibrant colors. Many master artists are aware of this and plan, create and utilize harmonious grays within their … Continue reading
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We have selected blog posts and art tips that we feel are worthy of a revisit. They have been very popular. If you see an article that you may have missed or like to revisit, the small picture next to … Continue reading
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The question many watercolor artist have when faced with depicting the tangle of shapes and colors they see is: “How am I going to portray this in my painting?” They may be looking over a field of vegetation with dappled … Continue reading
Art Center Information has selected three popular posts to refer you to if you haven’t already read them. Please click the paintings next to the post to immediately go to them and read them. They are brief, informative an … Continue reading
From time to time, Art Center Information prefers to refer our visitors to some selected past blog posts. Since most of our fans are artists or people that are interested in art, our passion is to progress art through … Continue reading