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Short Take: Foreground Darks

Gregory Manchess

Recently in one of my online classes for SmArt School, a few students were having trouble creating visual interest in their compositions. The pieces lacked depth. The culprit wasn’t the design of the main elements, but the distribution of values. Generally, the students think of the background as dark, but they also wanted to put their main subject in dark clothing, and all the darks in the subject were the same darks as in the…

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How to Make Your Own Wet Painting Carrier

Dan dos Santos

June 18, 2025 - Over the years, I've had to carry a LOT of wet paintings around. Lots of times I do demos at workshops, and I have to get the painting back home. Or a book cover job is due, and I have to deliver a wet painting to a client. Either way, I need a way of transporting that wet image safely. In my experience, you're usually better off with a painting holder tailor-made for the specific painting you want to carry. I feel the wet painting holders that hold ANY size painting, usually aren't worth bothering with. They are heavy, expensive, and not always stable. You also can't leave them behind at a client's without worrying about it's return. For me, a transport box has to be 4 things, (in order of importance): 1. Strong 2. Lightweight…

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