Category Archives: Fine Art

Oil Painters of America

I am happy to see that the Oil Painters of America have started a blog. I hope you enjoy their first post on the topic of style versus technique.

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This Christmas Season

This Christmas season is a rich one for me. My grandmother’s story of “Shoes for the Santo Niño” premiered in New Mexico as an opera for children. A historic legend of the Santo Niño from Atocha, Spain told of men … Continue reading

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Friendship Heights Art Gallery Exhibit

Friendship Heights Art Gallery Exhibit Works of Robyn Church Hatton and the Laurel Art Guild. November 1 – 29, 2009 Reception: Sunday, November 8th, 2009, 11:30 – 1:30 PM Friendship Heights Art Gallery 4433 South Park Ave. Chevy Chase, MD … Continue reading

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Notebook Sketches

I carry one of these Moleskeine notebooks around with me every where I go. If I have a spare moment, I pop it out and start sketching. My grandmother bought me a notebook when I was young, and told me … Continue reading

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Shadows on the Wall

Shadows on the wall should be easy to capture with graphite on paper, yes? Look for : Light shadow Middle shadow Dark shadow Value shifts Learning to observe and depict value is like learning a new language. There is a … Continue reading

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A Sphere

Nature has almost endless values for the artist to discover and depict. The tools we use to capture and demonstrate these values have only limited ability to represent the variety we have lavishly set before us. When observing an object … Continue reading

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