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Painting/Drawing Feature Writer: Alina Bradford

Welcome! Here you will find everything you ever wanted to know about painting, drawing, sketching, illustration, cartooning, and more. You will also find articles on how to protect, promote, and sell your art. Painting at Suite 101 also offers articles on art history, classic artists, and modern artists.

Want to find reviews of art products, how-to books, and websites for artists? We have that, too!

And don't miss my blog for art news!


Feature Writer Articles in Painting/Drawing

Loosen Up Your Painting Style
Fussy, tight strokes can turn a beautiful painting into an uptight, stale disaster. Loosing up painting styles can make all the difference.
What Does Fat Over Lean Mean in Painting?
In oil painting, new artists are told to paint "fat over lean," but what does this really mean and how does it affect the integrity of the painting?
Top 3 New Year's Resolutions for Artists
Artists can use New Years to focus, boost creativity and hone their artistic skills by making New Year's Resolutions.
3 Unusual Oil Pastel Techniques
Oil pastels are a unique painting medium because they can be used for painting and drawing by manipulating the sticks of pigment.
5 Abstract Painting Ideas
Abstract painting is about form, color, lines and the feelings that they invoke. There are many ways to create abstract paintings that fit this criteria.


Contributing Articles in Painting/Drawing

Vermeer: Girl With a Pearl Earring
The Girl With a Pearl Earring is considered as one of Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece and as a major painting of the 17th century.
Create Mini Watercolor Paintings
In today's technical world, sending a basic watercolor painting in a card form to a friend could create a breath of fresh air.
Walter Geikie Scottish Artist
Walter Geikie lived and worked in Edinburgh in Scotland in the early decades of the 19th century. His favourite subject was his home town and the people who lived in it.
How to Draw Hair in Pencil
It's important to draw realistic hair to render a likeness of a subject. The process involves drawing a contour drawing and then refining the drawing and blending tones.
Still Life Art in the Garden Using Sgraffito
Setting up a still life in the garden offers a unique way of exploring oil painting techniques such as Sgraffito.
How to Do Painting With Encaustic Art
Use of wax to produce encaustic paintings originated millennia ago. Modern equipment and techniques have encouraged the latest revival of this ancient workshop art.
Color Theory for Beginners
Find out how best to use colors together by studying color theory and color schemes.
Enlarging Images for Canvas Art
Transforming favourite photos into canvas art is easy with these techniques.
The Art Technique of Watercolor Pencils
Watercolor techniques can be hard to master, especially for those unfamiliar with the medium. Watercolor pencils make it easier to produce beautiful results.
Rangolis - The Painted Prayers of India
Rangoli, the art of floor painting is the oldest and most beautiful traditional folk-art form which has survived all influences and retained the spirit of Indian life.
Clifford Bailey - A Modern Day Toulouse Lautrec
A happy Clifford Bailey opened his home town exhibition of his latest portraits and music scene paintings on Miami's Miracle Mile.
Art Instruction on Zebra Painting in Oil Paints
Animal painting offers great opportunities for the oil painter to explore oil painting techniques. This painting demonstration uses zebras' stripes as a focal point.
Artist and Sculptor Chris Lesley
As an artist whose versatility astonishes, Chris Lesley's next work is anybody's guess.
Quick Rick Does Windows
Since 1975 Richard McQueeney, better known as "Quick Rick," has been embellishing storefronts on Fort Lauderdale's East Side with hand-painted greetings.
Artist Wants Public to be Touched by his Angels
Patrick J. Reynolds awoke one morning with a mission he couldn't explain. Following that muse drove his work to new heights and brought him into contact with needy souls.

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