Knowledge is Power
These quotes are compiled from students notes. They were passed down to me from some of my teachers who studied with Dunn Students like Harold Von Schmidt and Kenneth Riley. Some of these quotes appear in a slightly different form in ‘An Evening in the classroom’ I have two more pages of these to publish, […]
by Armand Cabrera I have written about sir Alfred Munnings before. If you are not familiar with this very talented artist I hope you will take the time to read my previous post here. The National Sporting Library and Museum in Middleburg Virginia is hosting an exhibition The Open-Air Works of Alfred Munnings. Over 50 Painting […]
By Armand Cabrera It is always good to have high resolution images of your paintings for possible licensing deals, illustrations and editorial write-ups. If you can’t afford professional services hi res digital files can be taken now with reasonably priced digital SLR cameras. If you choose to shoot digital photos of your work […]
by Armand Cabrera Spring is officially, if not actually here for most of the country and I thought I would talk about green paintings again. To read my first posts on tackling green in the landscape go here. I am going to talk about a philosophical approach to painting green which is a little different […]
By Armand Cabrera I’ve covered mixing greens for landscape paintings in earlier posts but I still have some advice that can help you capture the greens of spring and summer and make successful paintings. When you have a painting that has one color that dominates the image design becomes essential. When you restrict your color […]