Outdoor Painting

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Volume 4, Number 7

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PLEIN AIR COMPETITION & ARTS FESTIVAL Honing Your Craft: Brush Accuracy Integrity Master Outdoor Painters Quote of the Month

	PLEIN AIR COMPETITION & ARTS FESTIVAL EASTON, MARYLAND July 22 - 29 Come witness the dynamic painting competition and festival that is "Plein Air - Easton!" Explore one of the most picturesque small art towns on the East Coast while interacting with some of the nation's top plein air painters. Armand Cabrera has been juried into this year's event. For more information, or to order tickets call 410-822-7297 http://www.pleinair-easton.com/

	Honing Your Craft: Brush Accuracy By Armand Cabrera “Can anything be more tragic than to feel the infinite beauty of your surroundings, to read natures innermost secrets and, conscious of your own helplessness, to be incapable of expressing those powerful emotions?” Isaac Levitan I am constantly asked by artists---what creates a successful painter? While I believe there are different paths to success, the one most often overlooked by mediocre painters is craft. “Craft” is almost a dirty word today, with the “anything goes” mentality being taught in many art schools and workshops. Craft is the foundation that good art is built upon. You will not succeed as an artist if you only rely on craft. However, you cannot be great without it. You must never abandon the quest to improve your fundamental skills. The fundamental skills in outdoor painting are: Brush Control Drawing from Life Seeing I cannot overstate the importance of being able to make the mark you want with your brush on a canvas. Let’s start with that skill in this article and deal with the other fundamentals in future articles. Read more




	Master Outdoor Painters Lovell Birge Harrison By Armand Cabrera Lovell Birge Harrison was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 28, 1854. “Birge”, as he called himself, received his initial training as an artist at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1876, Birge studied in France for four years under Carolus Duran, Jules Joseph Lefebver and Gustave Boulanger. Learn more ....


	Quote of the Month We devote ourselves to out-of –door pursuits; we have learned to love out-of –door nature and beauty. It is our best achievement as a nation; and our artists in this are therefore simply keeping step with the march of modern civilization. -Birge (Lovell) Harrison

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