Highlights
Acrylics
Complete Guide to Today's Hottest Medium
Splendid Over 60!
10 Artists Prove Age Is Just a Number
Getting Into a Juried Show
5 Tips to Enhance Your Chances
Patricia Polacco
Top Children's Book Illustrator's Tale of Triumph
Features
Words of Wisdom
Ten splendid artists, whose ages range from 61 to 81, share secrets of art and life.
By Grace Dobush
The Tapestry of a Tale
Stunning draftsmanship and indelible memories inform Patricia Polacco's stories.
By Holly Davis
Toy Tableaux
Jonathan Queen paints toys in arrangements that are delightfully odd.
By Tamera Lenz Muente
Taking the Art World by Storm
Amy Marx sees extreme weather phenomena as metaphors for a life-force energy.
By Louise B. Hafesh
Quick-Change Artist
David Curtis evokes land and sea in both watercolor and oil.
By Ken Grofton
Mediapedia
Acrylics: what they are, how they work and answers to frequently asked questions.
By Greg Albert
Columns and Departments
March 2009 Online
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Letters
Artists extol colored pencil.
The Artist's Life
Austrian artist Maria Lassnig continues to challenge the status quo.
By Ruth K. Meyer
Brushing Up
To paint water, focus on values.
By John Salminen
Drawing Board
Construct a collage based on reference photographs.
By Vera Curnow
Exhibitions
Spring abounds in great shows.
Edited by Holly Davis
Ask the Experts
Signature style and museum quality are defined.
By Paul Dorrell
Business
Improve your chances when entering a juried show.
By Karen Leland
Competition Spotlight
Chica Brunsvold sees world's within watercolor.
