Artists Teaching Eager Learners Painting

Some books we recommend

Painting isn’t exactly something you need to study for, but on the other hand it can help to have a guiding hand on your shoulder, pointing out early mistakes and recommending sources of inspiration. If you’re not currently enrolled in art school, where are you going to find that? In a book, of course! Here are some we recommend.

  1. The Oil Painting Course You’ve Always Wanted: Guided Lessons for Beginners and Experienced Artists by Kathleen Lochen Staiger: Staiger has the credentials (masters in art and literature from Hofstra University, 35 years of teaching experience), and she also has the writing skills to teach through a book. Each section includes exercises at the end to practice the main ideas.
  2. Acrylic Revolution: New Tricks and Techniques for Working with the World’s Most Versatile Medium by Nancy Reyner: If acrylics are more your style, explore this 10-section book, featuring 104 distinct techniques. Most of them are illustrated with examples, so you can see the tip in practice. Among other things, you’ll learn how to paint on different surfaces and use acrylics to mimic other mediums. Read more…

Posted on September 29th, 2010 by www.atelp.org
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Hard-edge painters thrive in the in-between times

Whenever taking up a new art-form, whether it’s painting, music, or synchronized swimming, it’s helpful to know what other people in the field are doing. One issue that art critics have commented on in recent years is the lack of a unifying mode, such as the pop art and abstract expressionism of the 1950s. Both of these styles are still in play today, by the way. One style which is growing in popularity is hard-edge painting.The term was first invented by California critic Jules Langsner for a 1959 exhibition. It referred to a style which emphasized the flatness of the canvas with hard-edged areas of bright, contrasting colors. The mode took off in California, exemplified by artists like Lorser Feitelson and Frederick Hammersley. Hammersley’s “Geometrics,” painted between 1959 and 1964, are a good example, made up of sharply divided forms and different interlocking shapes. Read more…

Posted on September 27th, 2010 by www.atelp.org
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