Highlights
How To Make the Most of a Life Drawing Class
Protect Your Copyright
Amazing Acrylics
Representation to Abstraction
Fresh Florals
in Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Acrylic & Pastel
Paint With Wax
Learn Encaustic Technique
Features
Beauty That Lasts
Flowers fade—except on canvas or paper: Four artists depict spring blooms in pastel, watercolor, colored pencil and acrylic.
Edited by Maureen Bloomfield
Balancing Act
Painting portraits of children, Jonathan Linton manages the knotty task of pleasing the parent-patron as well as his own muse.
By Meredith E. Lewis
Below the Horizon
Douglas Atwill concentrates on the colorful contours of the land as he paints the Southwestern landscape in acrylic.
By Lisa Wurster
The Live Option
Acquaint yourself with the rites, rituals and opportunities of a life drawing class.
By George Thompson
Waxing Eloquent
Applying layer after layer of pigmented wax, Jeffrey Lewis pushes encaustic to expressive ends.
By Louise B. Hafesh
Columns and Departments
Letters
The Artist's Life
Steve Powers bedecks the sides of Philadelphia's buildings with eye-popping art; Edie Harper is remembered, and more.
Edited by Grace Dobush
2010 Art Competition
Exhibitions
Not-to-be-missed shows around the USA.
Edited by Holly Davis
Brushing Up
If you love color, learn about value.
By Julie Gilbert Pollard
Drawing Board
To create a rich black in colored pencil, work with layers of color.
By Alyona Nickelsen
Business
Keep abreast of ever-changing copyright laws.
By Leonard D. DuBoff
Ask the Experts
Why are some canvas weaves more expensive than others, and what's the best way to preserve a painting on unstretched canvas?
By Michael Skalka
Master Class
George Bellows painted the teeming masses of New York City's tenements.
By Jerry N. Weiss
Supply Cabinet
New products from a host of manufacturers.
By Grace Dobush
Competition Spotlight
Tom Heflin exults in bold acrylic color.
Edited by Grace Dobush
