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Feeling Gray Today

Howard Lyon

-By Howard Lyon   Color is a fascinating and challenging part of painting.  It can be defined as hue, saturation and value. Today, I am going to focus a little more on saturation. Saturation being how intense or gray a color is. Before I get going though, I think I need to add a disclaimer to this post. Painting from life is the best way to understand color. Also, photographs of paintings are by no…

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Convention Observations

Sarah Finnigan

June 17, 2025 - We’re well into convention season, when many artists get out of their studios to show their work and meet art fans.  When conventions are working for you, the right couple of events can make it financially feasible to pursue the art you want to create, instead of art that you must hustle to complete. Many artists have dipped their toes into their first few conventions. Because success is found through experimentation, the biggest hurdle may not be to get started, but somewhere in the transition between getting your feet wet and swimming laps.  Some learn to tread water, but give up when they feel they're not getting anywhere. One artist may do 3 conventions/year and another might do 10. It will take the first artist 7 years to learn what the second artist learned in…

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