Photographing Artwork in Museums
by Howard Lyon detail from The Oreads by William Bouguereau I just returned from France....
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Hilma af Klint at MOMA
I know we tend to be realists here (at least visually) and we don’t talk about lot about...
Short Take: The Picture In Your Head
It was a long time before I got comfortable with a painting not living up to the idea or picture...
Inking Wolverine
For the past weeks, I’ve been trying to find the time and the excuse to try this Kuretake...
Donato Arts Open Studio and DragonCon
In celebration of a new body of illustrated work for Grim Oak Press and the revarnishing of the...
Short Take: Foreground Darks
Recently in one of my online classes for SmArt School, a few students were having trouble creating...
Art Hacks: Scanning, Printing and mounting a Drawing on panel.
Howdy folks! Bit of a nuts and bolts post here. I get asked all the time how I go about mounting a...
The Value of Knowing Your Values
Think about what your dream life looks like. If you picture it, placing no constraints on...
Feeling Gray Today
-By Howard Lyon Color is a fascinating and challenging part of painting. It can be defined...
A Studio Visit
I always love to visit another artist’s studio. I suspect that Muddy Colors readers do too-...
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