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M.C. Escher: Figure Ground
Maurits Cornelis Escher was born in Leeuwarden , Netherlands on June 17th , 1898 . He…
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Kandinsky: Order in Chaos
Vasily Kandinsky was born on December 16, 1866, in Moscow. From 1886 through 1892 he studied…
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Madeleine Tonzi
“Los Angeles-based artist Madeleine Tonzi, is a painter and muralist. Her work is focused on capturing…
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Mark-Making Tutorial
A mark-making chart isn’t about making a good drawing. It’s about detaching your hand from any…
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Contour Drawing
Contour drawing is about combining your sense of sight with your sense of touch. Rather than…
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Trees
Trees are a challenging subject — but only if we let them be. They can be…
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Lisa Yuskavage: Vivid Color
The paintings of Lisa Yuskavage always come to mind when I think about how a dominant…
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Contrast: Finished & Unfinished
A number of years ago the Met Breuer Museum — now permanently closed — featured a…
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Student Work: Combining Techniques
The key to successful art is contrast. It’s what makes black and white work satisfying —…
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Figure In Environment
The genre of figure in environment is vast — so expansive that choosing which works to…