The Artist's Magazine December 2010 Digital Download

Highlights

Winners of our 27th Annual Art Competition

Lessons in Drawing the Eyes, Ears, Nose and Mouth

Master Four Basic Shapes

32 Tips for Success from Past Competition Finalists

250+ Workshops Here and Abroad

Features

The Artist's Magazine's 27th Annual Art Competition
This year's winners reveal secrets of craft as they share the stories behind their stunning works.

Landscape/Interior
By Michael Chesley Johnson

Abstract/Experimental
By Ruth K. Meyer

Portrait/Figure
By Jerry N. Weiss

Animal/Wildlife
By Ively and David Kitler

Still Life/Floral
By Rosemary Barrett Seidner

32 Insider Tips
Former finalists offer advice on a wide range of topics—storing small paintings, simplifying your compositions, and keeping your bearings when painting en plein air.
Edited by Cherie Haas

Columns and Departments

Letters

Color Corner
Severely limiting your palette can help you achieve harmonic color in a landscape. ByDavid Schwindt

The Artist's Life
A stage curtain designed by Salvador Dalí is recovered; Papergirl delivers art to passersby; and we mourn artists who died this year.
Edited by Cherie Haas

Exhibitions
Take to the road this winter to catch these intriguing shows.
Edited by Cherie Haas

Brushing Up
Master the four basic shapes—sphere, cube, cone, cylinder—the components of all forms.
By Jane Jones

Drawing Board
When drawing a face, break down each feature into its constituent shapes.
By Paul Leveille

Ask the Experts
What's the most durable canvas? Is rabbitskin glue still a good primer? What's the best way to revive the surface of an unfinished work?
By Michael Skalka

Supply Cabinet
Check out these new and unusual products.
Edited by Cherie Haas

Workshop Guide
Find a workshop with an expert artist near or far.

Master Class
The work of great artists isn't always applauded, as the Salon's rejection of Manet's Fifer in 1866 makes clear.
By Jerry N. Weiss