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My Favorite Tools: The Wipeout Tool

Julie Beck

The painting process I use for oil painting is called indirect painting. This means that I use multiple layers to achieve the final result, letting each layer dry in between. I maintain (relative) control of what’s happening on the canvas, but it also allows for the possibilities of special effects where I use different amounts of opacity, transparency or removal of the paint to reveal the layer below. Throughout my painting life, there are a…

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Henbane – The Witches Plant

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10 Things…10 Days to a Breakout Painting

Gregory Manchess

November 27, 2024 -     Nearly every artist has a breakout painting that establishes their direction. A signature piece that people point to and say, “I like their style (approach, voice, etc)” It’s an image that pulls all their experience and skills together at one point and establishes a direction. It’s a breakout piece, and they can happen all along the way. It may not happen right away. It may take years, even a decade, before that one painting comes alive before you. You might not even know you’re working on it at the time, and it might be one of those pieces that comes out after a hard slog on a previous piece. One thing is sure: you have to work for it. They don’t appear magically. Oh, it may feel like that when you achieve it,…

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