Blog sur la peinture
Review by John Goodrich, guest contributor On the day a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, will we emerge as one, blinking, like groundhogs shaking off hibernation? Probably not; right now it seems more likely we’ll be easing gradually back to our old routines, with theatres, museums and galleries opening one by one and with various restrictions. […]
Use value effectively to achieve strong lighting and dramatic color. By Kathleen S. Giles I masked the sunstruck areas on the figure and then applied color through pouring and brushwork in Even the Angels Cried (watercolor on paper, 22 x 30), which offers an example of toplighting. I’ve been painting with and teaching watercolor for years, […]
Cette idée de passer du croquis à la peinture a donc commencé avec un cadre. Je visitais la Peninsula Gallery pour revoir mon inventaire de peinture car ils étaient en train de rouvrir la galerie (après avoir été fermé pour COVID-19). Mon timing était excellent! Non seulement j'ai trouvé une pièce vendue («Cy et l'embrayage […]
Southwest Art’s Artistic Excellence competition showcases stunning works to inspire every artist. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Artistic Excellence Competition sponsored by Southwest Art. As we ramp up to celebrating the reveal of this year’s winners in December 2020, we are showcasing the 2019 winners to shine a spotlight on the incredible […]
Tom Climent a été sélectionné pour le prix de peinture de Jackson cette année avec sa peinture, Cadran solaire. Dans ce travail à l'huile et au plâtre, une multitude de formes colorées forment une structure géométrique, facettée par la lumière et alourdie par l'ombre. Dans cette interview, Tom discute de sa pratique en studio pendant […]
Lush, 30×30 inches, acrylic on panel I was fortunate to become friends with Jean Sbarra Jones during the time we studied painting with John Moore at Boston University’s Graduate School back in the early 1990’s. We kept in touch off and on over the years and I’ve long been impressed with her painterly vision and […]
Il y a quelques semaines, nous avons réuni 6 peintres à l'huile et à l'acrylique qui ont généreusement partagé leurs couleurs préférées pour la peinture de paysage. Nous avons réuni ici 5 paysagistes aquarellistes pour partager leurs palettes et décrire comment ils choisissent leurs couleurs. Kateri Ewing Champ nord en plein été I, 2017Kateri Ewing […]
Les peintures à l'huile, les peintures murales communautaires et les zines publiés par Bryony Benge Abbott célèbrent tous le pouvoir de guérison de la nature. En représentant des structures et des motifs végétaux complexes dans des couleurs exotiques, multicouches et transparentes, elle crée des idylles picturales qui nous invitent à nous délecter de leurs qualités […]
Rachael Louise Hibbs is a relief printmaker who is inspired by the natural world. Her prints depict plants and animals in her own visual language; monochromatic and full of intricately carved texture. In this interview Rachael shares her thoughts on her favourite materials to work with, the colours she likes to use and her recent […]
Reaction in Seclusion is an online exhibition of drawings curated by artist Beatrice Hasell McCosh. The show celebrates drawing as an art form in its own right – the process that many have turned to during Coronavirus Lockdown. For those artists, being stuck at home became an opportunity to return to drawing – a means […]
There’s plenty of variety within the 41 colours that comprise the range of Jackson’s Artist Acrylics, so you’ll need to be selective when choosing your colours. Restricting your palette allows you to keep colour mixing simple and helps to avoid the risk of mixing mud when you want your colours to sing and harmonise. […]
Alastair Gordon was shortlisted in Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with his work, Letters from a Friend. What at first appears to be 5 handwritten postcards, casually masking taped to a wooden substrate, is in fact an oil and acrylic painting on wood. We caught up with Alastair ahead of his upcoming online exhibition at […]
The renowned realist continues to express his vision of contemporary life after nine decades. Life Cycle, (2008; oil on canvas, 41 3⁄4 x 71 3⁄4). In this personal essay from Artists Magazine in 2016, celebrated New York artist Harvey Dinnerstein discusses his recent works including his favorite recurring themes, his intimate approach to portraiture, and […]
Alan Flattmann is one of those pastel artists whose work I’ve known since the days I really started to get into soft pastels. I included one of his evocative New Orleans paintings in one of my early roundup blogs. He always appeared to be a humble and unassuming artist despite being a highly accomplished one. […]
Beach Games II by Daud Akhriev, oil, 16 x 30, 2020. Daud Akhriev’s beach paintings transport us to the glories and sensual pleasures of summer days. Working in multiple media—oil, watercolor, pastel, even mosaic and bronze, Akhriev has a keen understanding for rendering shapes. And he uses this unique talent to particular effect when depicting […]
Portrait painter Janet Boltax turns her creative eye to the mysteries of twins. Who is not fascinated by the reality of two individuals who share the same DNA? It is a unique experience for siblings who begin life almost completely parallel in appearance and intelligence and grow up to share some remarkable similarities. And yet, […]
To look at a Still Life painting by Dennis Spicer is to bathe one’s eyes in an orchestration of colour harmonies and rhythmic shapes. Far from being still, the paintings have a sense of movement like a breath of fresh air. Dennis’ sensitive mapping of colour and tone in interpreting selected objects produce paintings that are […]
Brian Ramsey is a prolific and dynamic urban sketcher, who in 2018 reached the semi-final of Sky Arts’ Landscape Artist of the Year. I ask Brian if he would mind giving us a little tour of his favourite art materials in photos. Here’s what he sent us. Stock Ghyll, AmblesideBrian RamseyPen and watercolour, 29.7 […]
Robert McPartland was one of the 42 artists shortlisted in the Jackson’s Painting Prize this year with his work Arezzo. Robert’s paintings are a meditation on space and the relationships formed within and around various everyday objects. Here, we find out about his philosophy towards painting, his visual and musical influences, and the intuitive space […]
For more than 20 years, the annual Splash Watercolor Competition has been celebrating the outstanding work being done in watermedia by contemporary artists from around the globe. The Best of Watercolor presents 124 paintings selected from the 21st Splash Competition, sponsored by Blick Art Materials. This year’s art inspiration and theme was “Capturing Mood.” Whether it […]
Black Lives Matter protests have taken place all over the world in the weeks following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. As a way to process emotional responses, or to communicate a direct message, there has been a surge in political art being made and shared on social media. Here are ten powerful examples […]
Canadian artist Brian Simons’ exuberant paintings use colour and humour to celebrate all aspects of what it means to be human. He works from imagination to allow his subconscious to determine the shapes and consequent subject matter than emerges on each canvas. In this interview Brian explains his belief that you can think too much […]
Robyn Litchfield a remporté le prix de la catégorie Paysage / Paysage marin / Paysage urbain au Jackson’s Painting Prize 2020 avec sa peinture, The Hollow Place. Regarder le travail de Robyn, c'est être transporté dans le temps vers des visions de forêts primaires et de voies navigables à Aotearoa / Nouvelle-Zélande. Ici, nous découvrons […]
I don’t know about you but I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by the crises we are currently facing in the world – the COVID-19 pandemic and the more recent revelation (again!) of racism, in this instance against black people, as seen in the context of police brutality. We’ve all been appalled by the dispassionate killing of […]
Apprenez comment l'interaction des couleurs chaudes et froides règle la température et crée un drame dans un paysage. par Catherine Hillis La peinture est une aventure compliquée. Plus je connais le processus, plus je découvre que j'ai besoin d'apprendre. Bien que je peigne à l'aquarelle depuis de nombreuses années, ce n'est que lorsque j'ai commencé […]
Pour la fiabilité et la polyvalence, il est difficile de battre l'acrylique. Aucun autre type de peinture n'offre autant de variété de texture ou de place pour la personnalisation – il existe une formule pour chaque application et une infinité de médiums disponibles. Lumineux, cohérent et lisse, c'est la couleur de choix pour des artistes […]
Le travail de la peintre paysagiste Louise Balaam est une réponse émotionnelle au pouvoir de la nature. Dans ce récit, Louise réfléchit au rôle de la couleur et à la façon dont une palette de couleurs principalement terreuses l'aide à atteindre l'harmonie et la subtilité – des éléments qui complètent le drame de ses marques […]
Le dessin a une histoire riche et est depuis longtemps pratiqué pour sa valeur créative, expressive et éducative – il reste fondamental pour traduire et analyser le monde. C'est un moyen d'enregistrer ce que vous voyez, d'aider à développer des idées et de ralentir et d'améliorer l'art de l'observation. Le dessin peut également être une […]
Alex Tzavaras est un peintre de portraits et de figures qui croit passionnément à l'importance de maintenir vivante une connaissance séculaire des techniques de dessin et de peinture réalistes. Son travail démontre une compréhension fondamentale de la forme humaine tout en communiquant les émotions de ses sujets. Dans son enseignement, il a acquis la réputation […]
Un artiste exploite le pouvoir du dessin dans de grands paysages à la fois transcendants et surréalistes. Par John A. Parks Les dessins de paysages au fusain d’April Gornik représentent le monde comme un royaume magique et transcendant. Les forêts sont imprégnées d'une lumière rayonnante, presque d'un autre monde. Les lacs inondés reflètent des arbres […]