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Some Quick Mark-Making in Oil

Vanessa Lemen

  I made a couple new short videos of a little mark-making in oil on this new panel by Artefex. This is their smoothest panel yet, a lead alkyd oil-primed extra-fine cotton canvas mounted to an aluminum panel. It’s such a nice surface to work on. A perfect combination of smoothness, tooth and absorbency for this reductive kind of painting. It’s honestly my new fave. This quick painting was done using oil and spatulas, paint…

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Inspiration: Gestural Landscape

Sarah Finnigan

December 5, 2023 - [caption id="attachment_74368" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Volcanic Cones by Maynard Dix[/caption] We talk about gesture a lot in regards to the human figure, but as I work on my current projects, I have been admiring a number of landscape paintings for their wonderful gesture. Lines, literal or implied, can be handed off between elements, sweeping and long to feel expansive or calm, or decisively terse and staccato to feel exciting or agitated.  So, today I am sharing a few of these paintings that have been inspiring me!   [caption id="attachment_74366" align="aligncenter" width="630"] A Wild Land by Brett Allen Johnson[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_74367" align="aligncenter" width="574"] Baileys by Brian Sindler[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_74378" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Storm Momentum by Ed Mell[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_74369" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Clouds with Grain Elevator by Phil Epp[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_74370" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Where the…

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