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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

  • Sun soaked trees beside water

    Make Your Painting Sing

    - By lisa macdonald

    When is a painting finished? There is a danger of overworking a painting; therefore, it…

  • Texture, Depth, and Color

    - By lisa macdonald

    I admit that I struggle to remember all the rules of color but lately I’ve…

  • Advantage of Painting In Series

    - By lisa macdonald

    I have discovered the advantage of painting in series: I once heard an art instructor…

  • Growing Flowers

    The Seven Elements or Foundations of Art

    - By lisa macdonald

    The 7 elements of art are: line, shape, value, color, texture, space and form. Even…

  • A winter walk through the snow laden bush

    The Zorn Limited Palette

    - By lisa macdonald

    Zorn Palette The Zorn Palette (named after Swedish painter Anders Zorn) consists of using only…

  • Raw Umber Underpainting

    Underpainting – Why?

    - By lisa macdonald

    Underpainting can make a huge difference to a painting. (I discovered that paint can be…

  • Why NOTAN is SO Important

    - By lisa macdonald

    Notan is defined as the balance between dark, mid-tone and light values in art. Why…

  • Artist of the Week

    - By lisa macdonald

    I belong to an art group on fineartamerica.com called “Old Masters and Traditional Arts” (old…

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