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75Timed Portraits
Art is what you make it out to be. It could be paint splatters on canvas showing your frustration on a bad day by using an array of warm colors to express this frustration. It could...
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91Prismacolor Realism, Colored Pencil Painting
ACEO Lilacs in Prismacolor Premier on white Stonehenge paper by Robert A. Sloan ACEO Lilacs was a twenty hour production, not counting the time it took to take the photo reference and wait till the lilac...
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77Product Review - Koh-I-Noor Polycolor Museum Art Set
Koh-I-Noor Museum Art Set, photo by Robert A. Sloan Woodless colored pencils are efficient. Every bit of the core material is used, especially if instead of sharpening you wear down the point filling in...
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76art for art's sake: part one - art history from the renaissance to realism
I stumbled upon a hub on Rembrandt a couple of days ago. In his hub entitled How to Appreciate Rembrandt's Night Watch, Watcher by Night describes his close encounter with the master's The Militia Company of...
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72We need photorealism and representational art in an age of photography.
Philippines shells, painted from a photo reference posted by jlloren at WetCanvas.com by Robert A. Sloan glendoncaba wrote a Hub asking Do We Need Photorealism in the Age of Photography? My answer to this...
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79Tools & Materials for Colored Pencil Realism
Silver and Cherries by Robert A. SloanColored pencils aren't just a children's medium or an illustrator's medium any more. Fine artists like Bernard Poulin, Gary Greene, Cecile Baird and Arlene Steinberg have...
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79Ron Mueck's Wild Man and Others
Last week I was lucky enough to see some sculptures by the Australian born hyperrealist sculptor Ron Mueck. I understand that he has exhibited his work in some pretty prominent places, the Tate Gallery and...
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74What Is Magical Realism?
Magical Realism is a genre of fiction literature that invokes a wide array of opinions from different readers. These books evoke a wide array of responses. Some absolutely love magical realism books, but...
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74Michael Parkes - The World's Leading Magic Realist Painter
The Last LionMichael Parkes, born in 1944 as an only child is said to be the world's leading Magic Realist Painter. He studied graphic art and painting at the University of Kanas and planned to be a teacher,...
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85Love and Limerence
Werther had a love for Charlotte Such as words could never utter; Shall I tell you how he met her? She was cutting bread and butter.... These are the opening lines to a satirical poem by Thackeray about...
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