What is it?
Today's Technique Tuesday post is taking a look at one of the Elements and Principles of Design, rhythm. This can be a tricky concept to wrap one's mind around when talking about visual arts, but it is very applicable! In reference to ...
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What is it?
The term "glazing" when applied to paint refers to the play of colors and luminosity built up through applying thin, transparent layers of paint over an opaque layer of a different color. This is done with the use of a suitable type of ...
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Thanks for bearing with us as we've juggled a very busy September at Principle Gallery! Between the International Guild of Realism Exhibition, the GC Myers Artist Talk this past Sunday (check out his new works here!), and the upcoming opening of the Casey ...
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What is it?
The concept of positive and negative space is a fairly simple one. The subject of a work of art occupies the positive space, while everything else is considered negative space. Nearly every piece of representational art contains positive ...
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What is it?
Today's Technique Tuesday takes a look "behind the scenes" at a handy artist's tool known as the mahl stick (sometimes spelled mahlstick or maulstick). A mahl stick typically looks something like this:
This kind of mahl stick is held in ...
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