Highlights
Workshops Here & Abroad: Choose From 300+
The Year's Best Art
26th Annual Competition Winners
Secrets to Painting Metallic Surfaces
Is Royalty-Free Free?
Features
The Year's Best Art
26th Annual Competition winners tell the stories behind their paintings.
Animal/Wildlife
By Koo Schadler
Abstract/Experimental
By Lisa Wurster
Still Life/Floral
By Meredith E. Lewis
Portrait/Figure
By Tamera Lenz Muente
Landscape/Interior
By Michael Chesley Johnson
Aesthetics of Taste
Jurors reveal the reasons for their decisions.
By Maureen Bloomfield
Columns and Departments
December 2009 Online
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Letters
Close-Up
Our cover image magnified and explained.
By George Thompson
The Artist's Life
A tour of the Andy Warhol Museum.
Edited by Grace Dobush
2010 Art Competition
All about next year's contest!
Exhibitions
Winter shows.
Edited by Holly Davis
Brushing Up
Learn the right techniques for depicting different metals.
By Ora Sorensenr
Drawing Board
Solve the figure/ground conundrum.
By Carl Purcell
Ask the Experts
Royalty-free defined; parody explained; artist-gallery contracts dissected.
By Leonard D. DuBoff
Master Class
John Constable redefined the ""sketch.""
By Jerry N. Weiss
Workshop Guide
Study with a master; find a workshop near or far.
Speaking of Art
Giving your work the appropriate title is a snap if you play this game.
By Grace Dobush
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