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TODAY'S FEATURED POST

Don’t Use Your Imagination

Donato Giancola

[caption id="attachment_71902" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Remembering, 20" x 40", Oil on Panel, 2023[/caption] Far too often I think I can make up what ever content I need in my artworks...work from 'imagination'...when really I cannot, or rather should not. I love reference gathering - researching new ideas, discovering textures, awareness of materials, new gestures and anatomies, etc. I seek not to blatantly copy my references (mostly the photographs I use), but rather seek to educate and…

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Workshop at the Academy of Realist Art in Boston

Howard Lyon

June 2, 2023 - I am going to be teaching a workshop at the Academy of Realist Art in Boston this summer, July 17th - 21st. I am excited to be in such a wonderful city for art and at a fantastic school. I have admired the work of Julie Beck for a long time and look forward to spending that week at the school where she teaches. The workshop will be 5 days long and I will go in-depth with my process from idea to final. I will demo the first day and then we will have a day for sketching, photoshoots, and then start on a painting. My goal will be to help you understand a process for getting consistent results in your final work and a strong strategy for ideation, reference building, and establishing a strong…

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