In less than a month since its inception, they have hit the ground running with dozens of posts on Armand's traditional painting instruction, mainly in oil landscapes. There is also a rich collection of biographical spotlights from art history, focusing on realist/impressionist painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, complete with quotes and bibliographies.Many of these posts were adapted from material Armand and Diane created for the website Outdoor Painting.
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Art and Influence blog, link.
Armand Cabrera website, link.
Outdoor Painting website, link.
GJ post about painting with Armand earlier this year, link.
That blog is a gold-mine of information! I've spent about 20 minutes on it just looking through the archives, and I'm happy to add yet another fine blog to my links.
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Now I have a question for you, James. I know you've posted before about your usual color palette, but have you ever tried the combination posted on Art Influence of a warm and cool version of each primary and titanium white? No secondaries, browns, or blacks on the palette, just those colors.
Drew, yes, once in a while I have to wean myself from color mixing habits, especially the reliance on browns. Working from warm and cool primaries (or just simple red-yellow-blue) really helps to do that. Working from primaries doesn't necessarily mean the final painting has to be more saturated or chromatic--in fact it's really satisfying to paint a subtle greyish painting with pure primaries.
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