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Crystal Gazing and a Limited Palette
Recently old photographs of my family have fascinated and inspired me to reinterpret them in paint. Its a special way to connect to some really wonderful people. Here, for example, is my aunt Lolo, and my father, Richard in 1927. [...]
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I Love M. Graham Oil Paints
Creating beautiful oil paintings without poisoning myself and the world is important to me. I have been oil painting for nearly four decades and have never been happier than when I paint with M. Graham & Co. walnut oil based [...]
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Step-by-Step Oil Painting of White Rose
Step-by-step oil painting tutorial. I walk you through my process of painting White Roses.
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Plums: Step-by-Step Painting Tutorial
I painted Plums after harvesting them at a friend's farm. This tutorial takes you step-by-step through my process of painting, Plums.
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Color Chart Exercise to Master Your Palette Fast
Michael Lynn Adams shares how Richard Schmid's color chart exercise saved his art career.
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Step-by-step oil painting guide for Meyer Lemons
We picked the lemons, and placed them on a wooden tray bathed in the warm glow of our kitchen window. We intended to craft margaritas, this spontaneous moment ignited my creative spirit, leading me to explore the world of art. [...]
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Step-by-step oil painting guide for Gardenia
From concept to finished painting, in this oil painting demo, Michael Lynn Adams explains why and how he captures its soft, luminous texture and intoxicating aroma by placing it on hundred-year-old art books.
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Composing Art Using Harmonic Symmetry
I often use a harmonic symmetry armature to check and refine my compositions and as a guide for drawing my composition onto a canvas. Here, I explain with text and video, what it is; and why and how I use [...]
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Zorn Limited Palette
Andres Leonard Zorn (1860-1920) is known for using a limited palette. It is believed that Zorn reduced his palette to as few as three rather earthy colors - Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Medium, Ivory Black plus White. There seems to [...]
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Step-by-step oil painting of a Peony
From concept to finished painting, in this oil painting demo, Michael Lynn Adams explains why and how he captures a peony's soft, luminous texture by placing it on hundred-year-old art books.
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Morning – Part 1Demonstration
Morning – demonstration part 1 of 3 • I thought is was time to mix it up a little bit after a year of still life paintings. For the past week I have been working on this figure. For [...]
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Morning – Part 2 Demonstration
Morning – demonstration part 2 • The strong overhead light and reflected light bouncing all over the place in the bathroom are elements I am concentrating on here. I continued lifting to create highlights. Lifting is a technique of [...]
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Morning – Part 3Demonstration
Morning – demonstration part 3 • More color is beginning to appear. This painting is all about warm against cool color and the values cast by the light. I am keeping the color thin to take advantage of the [...]
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White Mums – Part 1
White Mums features a blue and white vase with white chrysanthemums (of course). Unlike most of the flowers I use, these were not from our garden but store bought from a charming little flower store inside a local super [...]
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White Mums – Part 2
The mums are coming along just fine. After the initial block in and color lift I contoured the vase a bit and worked on the flower pedals. And bottom row the blossoms have become quite yellow. That is all part [...]
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