Oil painters

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Johanna Harmon is a american painter, 1968 born in Milwaukee. She studied painting alongside prominent portrait and figure artists with varied artistic philosophies and approaches such as Carolyn Anderson, John Asaro, Mark Daily, Daniel Gerhartz OPAM, Quang Ho OPAM and C.W. Mundy OPAM. Following her 2014 OPA award, she expanded her understanding further by studying contemporary realism with Daniel Sprick, and abstract realism with David A. Leffel OPAM and Sherrie McGraw OPAM. Her work has…

Learn about common mistakes beginner oil painters make, to help you save materials and improve more quickly.

Today is the first day of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition, and I'm so proud to be exhibiting with them as an… | Instagram

Discover the key role color temperature plays in painting skin tones that have a realistic 'life' to them. Along with how to start mixing skin tone colors!

'Indicate don't duplicate' is my mission for 2016 and second year of Watts Atelier! Well, that among everything else. I plan to focus on cleaner, better designed gesture. By feeling through the pose and not getting hung up on what its surface looks like exactly, one has got a shot at improving form and rhythm through indication. Curvy contours are quick to seduce, just like all the little details of fur, or subtle nuances in a face. I'm still striving to ignore them and "see less" as Richard…

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Workshop info — Steven Assael

The Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition is one of the world’s greatest forums for portraiture..