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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Fischer Paints! The Dance- oil on Panel

Scott Fischer

Shall we go on an adventure on the high seas with this one? Safe to say the adventure got off to a slow start as this drawing has been sitting around the studio for a couple years waiting for me to paint it, lol. I actually did a video here on Muddy showing you how I mount the printed out drawing on panel. And the idea actually goes back many more years as a concept…

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Heart of the Storm

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Step By Step: Portrait In Oil

Winona Nelson

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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