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Highlights

Color! Color! Color! Vibrant Acrylic Landscapes

What's Hot?
Encaustic Ancient & New

Save Money on Taxes
A Guide to Deductions

Art Clinic Is Back!

Features

Still Life Strategies
From setup to lighting, five artists—Susan Abbott, Grace Kim, John Rizzotto, Jeanette Pasin Sloan and Mary Joan Waid—explain their varied approaches to la nature morte.
Edited by Christine McHugh

Grandmother's Table
Michael De Brito finds inspiration for his naturalistic oil paintings in the rituals of family life.
By Rosemary Barrett Seidner

Interior Landscapes
Inventing patterns with pieces of painted and printed papers, Judith T. Greenberg creates collages that celebrate nature.
By Meredith E. Lewis

On the Threshold
How to light your subject and measure features when your subject is a child on the cusp of adulthood.
By Chris Saper

The Quest For Color
Looking past the sky, toward the many colors of the land, Carol Lopatin paints dynamic vistas in acrylics.
By Tamera Lenz Muente

Burning Bright
Working abstractly, Kim Bernard explores the ancient technique of encaustic.
By Ruth K. Meyer

Starting Strong
The winners of the student division of our annual competition share the stories behind their paintings.
By Grace Dobush

Quick Fix
Got an hour? Make a blog. Wake up and start marketing your art. By Grace Dobush and Tim Langlitz

Columns and Departments

January/Februay 2010 Online
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Letters

Close-Up
The roseate colors of a tree peony are revealed.
By Grace Kim

The Artist's Life
Native American art, a page from an urban sketchbook and more.
Edited by Grace Dobush

Exhibitions
Edited by Holly Davis

Brushing Up
Pay sharp attention to edges.
By Jane Jones

Drawing Board
Explore whites in colored pencil.
By Alyona Nickelsen

Color Corner
Yellow is a versatile hue.
By Birgit O'Conner

Art Clinic
A pastel landscape is critiqued.
By Greg Albert

Business
Save money on your taxes.
By Peter Jason Riley, CPA

Master Class
Henry Ossawa Tanner depicted humble lives.
By Jerry N. Weiss

Ask the Experts
About damar, titanium white and synthetic substrates.
By Michael Skalka

Supply Cabinet
Check out these new products.
Edited by Grace Dobush

2009 Index

Competition Spotlight
Pauline Roche pays homage to a gorgeous portrait by Sargent.