New Blog Series on Color, Part 3: Orange

11 days ago | Michael Chesley Johnson

View in browser Oranges from Gamblin Artists Colors Orange is a color I don't use much unless I need a pure orange note, such as I can get with Cadmium Orange. Most often, I...
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PURPLE + YELLOW TREE - pastel landscape by Susan E Roden

23 days ago | Susan Roden

PURPLE + YELLOW TREE 8" x 8" soft pastel on sanded paper 12" white mat, glass + black frame $275 - tax + shipping inclusive With the new year, I'm off to a fresh start! I've...
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Around Twice a Month

1 month ago | The Fabuleous Fifties

Leftover Day. Followers of this blog will know I like movie ads that used comic strips or even comic strip ads that use movies. This daily series from 1941 falls under the...
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8 Christmas Drawing Ideas!

1 month ago | The Graphics Fairy

8 Christmas Drawing Ideas If you read this blog regularly you may have noticed that we have been posting some Christmas Drawing Ideas over the last several weeks. I thought it...
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Holey Sakren!

1 month ago | The Fabuleous Fifties

Saturday Leftover Day. So the last few weeks I have been looking at daily comic strip ads and there were more than I even thought. Most appeared once a week and most had a...
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Windy day

2 monthes ago | Real Art

Acrylic and pastel on canvas 30" x 30" I'm overworking old paintings and this was predominantly a grey-blue. I just let loose and made marks which seemed very natural - no...
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The Sale You've Been Waiting For is Here!

2 monthes ago | Kem Studios

I am thankful to have the opportunity to share my love of pastels and painting with you here on my blog. I have been sharing here since 2006 and it has been such a rewarding...
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Winter Members Show

3 monthes ago | Sandra Galda | 2 articles

One of my works is in the Newburyport Art Association's Winter Members Show Part 1, January 15-February 6, 2016. Jurors: Valerie Miliotis Stainton, Valerie's Gallery...
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Red brick

3 monthes ago | Real Art

Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 24" x 24" Numerous times a day I look out of my bedroom window. There is a beautiful big tree across the road but what also catches my eye is the...
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Stalking the Wild Aesthetic

4 monthes ago | Michael Chesley Johnson

View in browser Back in the 60s, when the “back-to-nature” movement was drawing its first breath, a little book came out: Stalking the Wild Asparagus. It was written by Euell...
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

Vibrant Makeup Mirrors Sweet Frozen Treats in Max Siedentopf's ‘Pleasure...

All images © Max Siedentopf, shared with permission London-based artist and creative director Max Siedentopf has a knack for portraying more than meets the eye in his... Read more ...

Sketch o'the Week- Jenna Ortega!

The Lovely Anna and I finally watched the last of the new “Wednesday” show on Netflix staring the perfectly cast Jenna Ortega as the titular character. We enjoyed it quite a... Read more ...

Blue Glass, Teal Glass Goblet and Orange

More delicious finds from the thrift store. This still life was set up in natural light by my east window. I worked on the drawing for a couple of days to get the composition... Read more ...

Early Pongo

These rough animation drawings show the early design of Pongo with a larger muzzle. See previous post on this topic here Ollie Johnston animated this section from the opening... Read more ...

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