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Nymphs and Satyr, by William Bouguereau (Detail)
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Art Renewal Center's Technical Articles

by William Whitaker
2009-10-07

An oil painting demonstration by ARC Living Master William Whitaker.

by Mark Walker
2002-01-01
by Michael John Angel
2002-01-01

There has been a lot of near-nonsense written over the past few years by art historians and modern artists, neither of whom have any background in the practical aspects of realistic figure painting, about the incised lines in Caravaggio's paintings. The main idea seems to be that Caravaggio, instead of sketching his placements with a charcoal or a brush, used a sharp stick to gouge the placement lines into the plaster....

by Ted Seth Jacobs
2002-01-01
by John Angel
2009-11-23

Step by Step painting method by ARC Master Michael John Angel, Director of the ARC Approved Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy.

Chapter 1
by John Angel
2009-12-11

Read the first chapter of Pictorial Composition by Michael John Angel, ARC Living Master and Director of the Angel Academy of Art in Florence Italy

by Virgil Elliott
2009-10-05

"Since I wrote my previous technical column, several important discoveries have been made that serious oil painters should know about. " Here is the 2009 update to Virgil Elliott's Technical Column on ARC.


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