After months of promotion, nearly a thousand submitted artworks, and tons of preparation, we finally held the opening reception for the juried exhibition "Root to Bloom: The Places Artists Call Home" last Friday evening. With over 70 artists included in ...
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EXCITING NEWS!
In November 2016, Principle Gallery will be hosting a juried exhibition, and the CALL FOR ENTRIES IS OPEN NOW!
We are thrilled to have Teresa Oaxaca as our guest juror for this exhibition, called "Root to Bloom: Places Artists Call ...
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What is it?
This week's Technique Tuesday subject is not a new concept for anyone (particularly in today's "selfie" filled world!). But not only is the self-portrait is an important exercise for an artist to undertake, it is also significant to view as ...
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What is it?
A pentimento (the plural is "pentimenti") is an alteration in an artwork that becomes apparent by the marks and traces left behind from the artist's original strokes. Although it is derived from the (you guessed it!) Italian word meaning ...
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Welcome back to Technique Tuesday! Today's post is going to look at a technique that we all saw in action at Friday night's fantastic live painting demo with Teresa Oaxaca. If you missed it, be sure to keep an eye out for when we upload the photos and ...
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Following Friday night's demo with Teresa Oaxaca we asked our lovely intern Barbara to share her experience as a model for Teresa. Here is what she had to say.
My favorite part about interning at Principle is the rare glance into an artist’s creative ...
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What is it?
If you've ever amused yourself by holding up your thumb and noticing how someone across the room appears to be tiny and thumb-sized next to it, you're well on your way to understanding the sight-size method of painting and sculpting. ...
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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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What is it?
Alla prima, also called "wet-on-wet" and "direct painting," is a very popular method of painting in which the artist applies paint to the canvas essentially in one sitting ("alla prima" is an Italian phrase that translates to "at once"). ...
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Women Painting Women : Collector's Preview
SNEAK PEEK of all 86 paintings juried into 2014 WPW out of 743 international submissions, and also a few words from Guest Juror Allison Malfronte + Principle Gallery about the Women Painting Women movement - ...
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