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What Are the Different Levels of Quality Art Paints?
Trust me, if the more expensive paint would help me, I would spare no expense in my art.
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Why Do We Copy Work from the Old Masters?
“Copying the works of old masters is an important part of art education and can help artists learn the tools and tricks of the trade.
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What Happened to Monet’s Color Wheel?
Learn from the masters of impressionism how to apply color theory principles to your own paintings.
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Why I Use a Fishing Box to Learn Art Color Charts
Discover how to enhance your painting skills with a simple fishing box. Learn to organize your colors by value, temperature, transparency.
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Beginners’ Oil Paint List
Discover the difference between artist-grade and student-grade paints, how to mix colors, and what brands to buy.
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Are All Brush Cleaners Created Equal?
SiliCoil is my favorite brush-cleaning tank by far. The soft coil doesn't destroy and cut up my brushes like...
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How to Improve Your Landscape Painting by Not Copying the Photo
Learn how to improve your landscape painting by not copying the photo, but by using your own judgment and creativity.
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How to Paint Wet Into Wet: The Art of Alla Prima
When you paint wet into wet, you can take one color and blend it into another color on the canvas. This creates a
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Why Copy Monet? The Secret of Color and Light
Monet was a genius of color and light. He devoted his life to studying how light affects the color of objects under different conditions.
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