China Oil Painting

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Oil can be a very tricky medium. Many people stay away from oil painting just because they know the learning curve is higher then other self-proclaimed painting mediums. They can be applied in different techniques using different tools and are harder to master. Impasto style oil painting where thick rich brush strokes are applied are especially difficult. However, by the end of it all, you will feel as if Vincent Van Gogh himself possessed your soul and the joy of creation will be immense. Another...

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Art Listings (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:01:20 GMT
Art listings are compiled by Duncan Scott Davidson. Because of space limitations, new art shows are listed the week they open (thereafter, shows are listed on a rotating basis). See Picks for information on how to submit items to the listings. For complete listings, go to www.sfbg.com.

test (American Artist)
Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:04:51 GMT
Exhibitions Mr. Whatman's Mill: Papermaking and the Art of Watercolor in Eighteenth-Century Britain.

Focus on Framing: Choosing the Right Frame (American Artist)
Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:05:08 GMT
One framer remembers an artist who intended to encase his canvases for an upcoming exhibition in frames he had salvaged from neighborhood trash cans.

Affluent Chinese turn to oil portraits to immortalise their images (Channel NewsAsia)
Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:19:49 GMT
BEIJING : Immortalising one's image on canvas is gaining popularity among the rich in China. But an oil portrait created after several sitting sessions with an artist does not come cheap.

Paul Rigby (Independent)
Tue, 02 Jan 2007 01:02:30 GMT
Paul Crispin Rigby, cartoonist, illustrator and painter: born Melbourne, South Australia 25 October 1924; AM 1999; married 1956 Marlene Cockburn (two sons, three daughters); died Busselton, Western Australia 15 November 2006.