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TUCSON ART ACADEMY Workshop

TUCSON ART ACADEMY Workshop

Here we are again… and…welcome to another blog posting on my teaching trail! Our latest travels brought us  to Tucson  Arizona for the Four-Day On-Location workshop that was hosted (for the fifth annual year) by the TUCSON ART ACADEMY. Christine and Gabor Svagrik  the owners/artists, opened their professional studio/school for my morning  instructions and demonstrations.     The [...]

Beginning Our Travels

Beginning Our Travels…

Gearing up.. Here we are…Jeanine and I…beginning our travels for my 2012 workshop/mentoring program tour-!! And for you… friends and fellow artist…an invitation to check back here on my blog for up-dates on our travels… the colorful stories…our  insights… and a few personal  “artistic tips”from one  fellow artist to another.  Looking forward to our our next [...]

Pastel Painting Demonstration- Plein Air Magazine Article

Pastel Painting Demonstration- Plein Air Magazine Article

 

Art Journey American Landscapes- Book Entry

Art Journey American Landscapes- Book Entry

     

NMAL Oil Painting Demonstration (part 1)

NMAL Oil Painting Demonstration (part 1)

I would like to welcome everyone to another entry in my ongoing BLOG!! I do enjoy sharing with you…my thoughts…my insights…and a few personal “artistic tips” from one fellow artist to another I hope you find them of interest and of a help for you in your own painting!! Recently…I gave an informative and interesting [...]

NMAL Oil Painting Demonstration (part 2) By Diane Buster

NMAL Oil Painting Demonstration (part 2) By Diane Buster

Albert Handell January 2012 Oil Painting Demonstration for the New Mexico Art League By Diane Buster Albert Handell’s demonstration piece, an oil painting of a waterfall, was designed to show a three step painting process. The steps move from transparent to opaque, from mass to detail, from dark to light, and from thin to thick. He starts [...]

Use Pastels to Define and Suggest Responses to Nature

Use Pastels to Define and Suggest Responses to Nature

Article in Plein Air Magazine… This New Mexico artist uses pastels to respond to both the specifics of what he observes and his emotional response to the locations; he says, “I will eventually frame the painting, not the location I observe, so the image has to be more than an exact replica of the landscape” Albert Handell compares [...]

TREES!!

TREES!!

“Wanted to share this exciting painting I recently completed of one of my favorite subjects…TREES!! Notice the beautiful variety of rich greens through-out the painting. I am delighted it has been slated to run for a forth-coming ad in FINE ART CONNOISSEUR publication by my Charleston gallery: THE M GALLERY OF FINE ART.”

A Week with Albert Handell in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio- by Cindy Salaski

A Week with Albert Handell in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio- by Cindy Salaski

Monday, September 12, 2011 The first day of the workshop Albert created a pastel painting of two trees. His pastels include a mixture of NuPastel, Sennelier, Schminche and Unison. Two of his favorite working surfaces are Wallis Pastel Paper in either White or
Belgium Mist, and UArt Pastel Paper. Mr. Handell explaining how he always moves [...]

Painting with Albert Handell

Painting with Albert Handell

Woods Interior ® received an Honorable Mention at the Laumeister Fine Art Competition at the Bennington Center for the Arts. Show dates: August 14 through December 19, 2010. Woods Interior was painted on location on Kitty Wallis- Belgium Mist (grey) sanded pastel paper dry-mounted onto 100% museum rag board. I started the pastel with a [...]

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