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Reshaping Brushes

ExpertsiconQ: How I can reshape bristles that have been altered due to poor storage?

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Cheap Joe's Classroom: Stretching Watercolor Paper

This video demonstrates how to stretch watercolor paper.

Cheap Joe's Lesson 16: Stretching Watercolor Paper

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Sarah Siltala: Capturing Utter Stillness

American Artist of the Month

This New Mexico artist slowly builds up transparent glazes of oil colors to create still lifes and landscapes with luminous, vibrant, and subtle textures.

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A Bold Approach

When Chris Krupinski made the transition from oil to watercolor painting, she refused to sacrifice her love of detail and bold, rich color.

Posted in Homepage | Watercolor

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Looking at Watercolors: “St. George's Harbor” by Ogden Pleissner

American Artist Looking at WatercolorJames Toogood comments on Ogden Pleissner’s watercolor painting St. George's Harbor.

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Striving for Atmosphere & Detail in Landscapes

Californian Dennis Doheny creates stunning oil landscapes by emphasizing atmospheric conditions, dramatizing the pattern of light and shadow, and “playing” with color as he sharpens detail.

Posted in Homepage | Plein Air Tools & Tips

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Drawing Critique: “Listening”

Sometimes, in order to capture the emotion or mood of a subject, one must sacrifice anatomical detail.

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Judith Carducci's Workshop: The Benefits of Drawing and Working From Life

During a recent plein air workshop in Southern France, Judith Carducci helped students who worked with pen-and-ink, pastel, watercolor, and oil colors. The unifying themes of the 10-day class were that drawing is a foundation of all media and working from life would benefit every participant.

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Tony Curanaj's Workshop: Knowledge and Structure Allow Freer Painting

This New York City artist has found that the more he understands the science of the elements in his still life scene, and the more carefully he executes his drawing and underpainting, the freer he can interpret the subject matter in the final stages to achieve a subtle, effective oil painting.

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The 2009 American Artist Cover Competition!

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Take advantage of the opportunity to have your artwork reproduced on the cover of American Artist or Watercolor magazine in 2009 and included on our website, www.myAmericanArtist.com.

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This Web site is an exciting new venture for American Artist, one that provides an opportunity for better communication between the magazine and its readers, and between readers and the international community of artists. In addition to the content from the current issue, you will find an archive of back issues, valuable resources such as the annual Directory of Art Schools & Workshops, and the forthcoming artists' online portfolios and exclusive online content. We hope to continue to develop the site, keeping our readers well-informed and well-connected.


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American Artist is the leading monthly magazine for representational and figurative artists. We are devoted to the realism in art that our readers cherish, and we consider the artists we feature to be shining examples of excellence in their medium, whether oil paint, sculpture, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, graphite, printmaking, or charcoal.

Since 1937, American Artist has been a resource for artists seeking inspiration and instruction on improving their craft-a need we attend to in every section of the magazine. In addition to many step-by-step demonstrations in our feature articles, we provide two advice-based monthly departments: "Technical Page," a question-and-answer column in which our expert responds to readers' queries, and "Methods & Materials," an in-depth review of the topics that artists continually confront, such as painting on linen, manipulating texture, setting up a still life, and transporting artwork. We add to that with our regular features "The Watercolor Page" and "The Pastel Page," in which contemporary watercolorists and pastelists explain their working techniques. Rounding out the content are reviews of new art materials and current exhibitions, as well as the "Business & Professional Practices" segment, which covers such practicalities as gallery representation, portrait commissions, and juried exhibitions.

Inside every issue readers discover a wealth of information to motivate and help them in their own work-just see for yourself.