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Karin Wells Studio: 05/01/2014 - 06/01/2014

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. MY TEACHERS ARE TEACHING! In Hancock, New Hampshire. My teachers are offering very intensive week long workshops on Classical Painting. Numael and Shirley Pulido are not only great painters, they are the best teachers I ever had. Portrait by Numael Pulido. It is really exciting for me to see what happens when "talent finally meets a teacher.". Portrait by Numael Pulido. Still Life by Numael Pulido. Portrait by Numael Pulido.

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Karin Wells Studio: DORIS "GRANNY D" HADDOCK, Bright-Eyed, Energetic and Full of Moxie and Sass

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. DORIS "GRANNY D" HADDOCK, Bright-Eyed, Energetic and Full of Moxie and Sass. I am so grateful that I was able to have Doris “Granny D” Haddock spend a day with me and sit for a portrait. Doris "Granny D" Haddock, Oil on Linen, 20" x 24" (click to enlarge) by Karin Wells. At the age of 90, she began a 3,200 mile walk across America to raise awareness of the need for Campaign Finance Reform. Her words still inspire me:. THE H...

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Would Paladin Have Shot Bin Laden? | newtonfinn

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What the hell has happened? Laquo; The Harder Edge of Christmas. Time Machine for Twenty Grand. Would Paladin Have Shot Bin Laden? December 15, 2011 by newtonfinn. Generally, they are virtuous and deserving of respect. Often, they are noble victims of small town white American ignorance and bigotry. So when I cash in my chips, they will not have to pry a gun from my cold, dead hand. In my day, there were other ways to fight the bad guys. But they will have to pry a remote. On August 3, 2016 at 8:25 pm.

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Karin Wells Studio: 07/01/2013 - 08/01/2013

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. The Ideal Reference Photo for a Painting. Are you trying to make a good painting from a poor photo reference? If so, it might be time to improve your photographic skills. Bill Gekas can inspire you. He is an. Australia-based photographer who has a real knack for portrait photos. And we can learn a lot about photos by looking carefully at his work. His style is unique and is based on the Old Masters. The key is not to limit ...

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Karin Wells Studio: MY TEACHERS ARE TEACHING!

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. MY TEACHERS ARE TEACHING! In Hancock, New Hampshire. My teachers are offering very intensive week long workshops on Classical Painting. Numael and Shirley Pulido are not only great painters, they are the best teachers I ever had. Portrait by Numael Pulido. It is really exciting for me to see what happens when "talent finally meets a teacher.". Portrait by Numael Pulido. Still Life by Numael Pulido. Portrait by Numael Pulido.

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Karin Wells Studio: CLIP ART FOR ARTISTS - ROSES now on iBooks

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. CLIP ART FOR ARTISTS - ROSES now on iBooks. At some point in an artist's life,. How to paint" becomes less important. Than "what to paint.". Here's my latest project: Clip Art iBooks for artists - a series of inexpensive and beautiful photographic resource material made for iBooks. ROSES Book 1, 214 pages of roses by Judith Hope Brown. ROSES Book 2, 212 pages of roses by Judith Hope Brown. NOTE REQUIREMENTS: To view these i...

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Karin Wells Studio: 04/01/2014 - 05/01/2014

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. By Danish Cartoonist Herluf Bidstrup. Index: Just for Fun. The #1 Job of a Portrait Painter. There is a real art to taking a good photographic reference for a portrait. Costume, props, pose and a few (surprising to some) rules will help turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Here's a little peek at a few. Sorry they are so darn small). Old Master Portraits Volume I. Photographic Reference for Artists. They could turn an ...

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Karin Wells Studio: 05/01/2013 - 06/01/2013

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. An Old Art Lesson. Way back in 1958, four Disney artists demonstrate their various painting techniques through a nature study. We can still learn a lot from this. I found the approach of these working artists, and their methods and materials (oil paint and lighter fluid? To be most interesting. By Robert Henri is a classic and m. Ost working artists I know have read it at one time or another. The Art Spirit Book. Dont paint...

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Karin Wells Studio: 03/01/2015 - 04/01/2015

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Portrait Painters Tips, Tricks, Musings, Methods, Materials, Demos and Paintings. UNPROFESSIONAL: Never do this to a client. I'm breaking my own rule "never say anything bad about another painter.". But Nelson Shanks stepped over the line and damaged himself and the entire profession. Shanks claims that "other people do it" and that "it is common thoughout the history of art.". And insults all portrait artists who spend their careets working with integrity. And he does not hide that fact. If this is just...