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How To Overcome Painting Challenges
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How To Overcome Painting Challenges

Slawa Radziszewska discusses her painting process and how to overcome painting challenges.

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4 mins  |
April - May 2019
Simplifying Complex Compositions
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Simplifying Complex Compositions

While designing a successful landscape composition seems complex, I have identified principles that simplify the task.

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1 min  |
June - July 2019
Precise Compositions
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Precise Compositions

My watercolor paintings focus on the Japanese landscape, cityscape, vehicles and waterways.

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1 min  |
June - July 2019
Interpreting Nature
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Interpreting Nature

Joke Frima’s nature-themed still lifes are often painted directly from studio setups

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4 mins  |
June - July 2019
Truth In Detail
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Truth In Detail

Chinese-American painter Z.S. Liang turns to historical detail to bring to life his works showing Native Americans

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6 mins  |
June - July 2019
Creating Composition
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Creating Composition

A Critical Necessity

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6 mins  |
June - July 2019
From Concept To Canvas
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From Concept To Canvas

Warren Chang’s newest painting, Give Us Our Daily Bread, comes to fruition after years of development.

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August/September 2018
Control and Precision
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Control and Precision

The complexities of the figure are simplified in Daniel Maidman’s four-question approach.

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4 mins  |
August/September 2018
Adeste Deguilmo When Neutral Color Functions as a Complementary
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Adeste Deguilmo When Neutral Color Functions as a Complementary

Adeste Deguilmo shares one method of painting a harmonious composition.

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August/September 2018
The Joy Of The Arts
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The Joy Of The Arts

Harley Brown’s fascinating things no one else will tell you.

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7 mins  |
August/September 2018
A Celebration Two Decades in the Making
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A Celebration Two Decades in the Making

It is that time of year again to try to recap all of the incredible events and experiences of the Portrait Society’s annual The Art of the Portrait conference, which took place this year April 19 to 22 at the Hyatt Regency just outside Washington, D.C.—where it all began 20 years ago at the very first conference!

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August/September 2018
What's On The Back Of A Rembrandt?
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What's On The Back Of A Rembrandt?

Among the many calls the Portrait Society receives are requests to help identify the artist of an artwork that a person either purchased or inherited and they know very little about the provenance of the work.

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December/January 2019
Expressing Emotions
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Expressing Emotions

As an artist I am seeing my world with eyes wide open, noticing interesting and engaging scenes everywhere around me.

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December/January 2019
Honest Portrayals
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Honest Portrayals

THE PAINTINGS OF MARIO ROBINSON FOCUS ON THE ESSENCE OF THE SITTER AS WELL AS THEIR UNIVERSAL TRUTHS

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December/January 2019
International Artist

Painting The Diaspora

Papay Solomon’s portraits tell untold stories of immigrants and refugees

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3 mins  |
December/January 2019
Grace En Plein Air
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Grace En Plein Air

For me, plein air painting is the most challenging way to paint, and the rewards are even better!

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5 mins  |
December/January 2019
Basics Of Brilliance
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Basics Of Brilliance

Harley Brown’s fascinating things no one else will tell you

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5 mins  |
December/January 2019
International Artist

From Root To Crown

A Conversation with Bo Bartlett

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7 mins  |
December/January 2019
Into The Wild
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Into The Wild

Adventuring into the mountains allows DJ the chance to experience the landscape firsthand

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4 mins  |
August - September 2019
An Artist's Artist
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An Artist's Artist

Remembering the life and legacy of portrait artist Everett Raymond Kinstler.

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6 mins  |
August - September 2019
Virginia Blackstock: Making An Impact
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Virginia Blackstock: Making An Impact

Virginia Blackstock focuses on powerful designs that show the effect of lights and shadows.

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2 mins  |
April - May 2019
Technical And Contemporary
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Technical And Contemporary

It has always been the painters of the 16th and 17th centuries that have guided my interests in painting.

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October/November 2018
Representing The Real
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Representing The Real

Insights on the career, techniques and new traveling retrospective of prolific artist Daniel E. Greene.

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October/November 2018
A Direct But Considered Approach To Painting A Portrait
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A Direct But Considered Approach To Painting A Portrait

The Art of the portrait.

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October/November 2018