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John Jude Palencar Lecture
Exciting news from John Jude Palencar: "I will be holding a morning lecture and slide presentation for the MFA track students from the University of Hartford and students attending the Columbus College of Art & Design. Both the lecture and the Christopher Payne drawing session are free and open to the public, and parking in campus lots also is free for visitors."Lecture @ The Columbus College of Art & Design (CCAD),Friday Oct 18th, 10:00amJoseph V.…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Step By Step: Portrait In Oil
July 1, 2024 - Back in 2017, I attended a working art retreat with friends. I was working in games, so my day job work was all digital, and I was itching to get the traditional media out and paint. I didn’t feel a pressing desire to paint a fantasy scene or portfolio piece at the time. I’d been meaning to paint a portrait of my mother and had taken photos the last time I visited her with that purpose in mind, so I decided that would be my traditional piece for the week. I’m a big fan of mixing powerful, saturated colors to get neutrals. I don’t usually use a lot of earth tones, and prefer to use intense color and do a lot of my mixing on the brush rather than pre-mixing on the palette. Looking at…
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