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Laura Pollak

“Let Your Paper Do the Work”

After many years of trying every paper out there, I have settled on UART Grade 320. The grit is just perfect for landscapes as well as my abstracts. The 320 has the ability to take at least 20 layers...

UART Tip #59: “Capturing Atmospheric Perspective in Your Landscapes”

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Jill Stefani Wagner

UART Tip #59: “Capturing Atmospheric Perspective in Your Landscapes”

Jane E Robbins

UART Tip #58: “Painting the Sandscape”

Jeanne Rosier Smith

UART Tip #57: "Find Your Winter Palette, Snow or Shine"

Barbara Jaenicke

UART Tip #56: "Painting Rocks: Letting the Pastel Materials Do the Work" with Barbara Jaenicke

UART Tip #55: "Looking to the Horizon" with Lyn Asselta

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Lyn Asselta

UART Tip #55: "Looking to the Horizon" with Lyn Asselta

When working out a composition, one of the aspects I find to be of great importance is the decision as to where I should place a horizon line.

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Hilarie Couture

UART Tip #54: "Quick Tips for Expressive Portrait Painting" with Hilarie Couture

Focus on three key elements of creating a realistic figure: structure, value and temperature.

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Nancie King Mertz

UART Tip #53: "Perplexed by Perspective?" with Nancie King Mertz

Many painters try to avoid linear perspective by painting landscape only, with no man-made structures.

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Karen Margulis

UART Tip #52: "Tips for Mark Making with Pastels" with Karen Margulis

I never would have thought it was possible. How can a chunky stick of pastel make such a variety of marks?

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UART Tip #51: "What I Do When a Painting Isn’t Working"

At times paintings progress effortlessly from start to finish. However, that painting ease does not always happen, so what do I do?

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