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Painters Block and How to Deal With It

Painters Block and Overcoming It

September 15, 2020 | Bright Light Fine Art | Art Stories, Painting Techniques | Jacqueline Kamin, painting advice, painting tips, Sherrie McGraw | 0 Comments

Listen in to a helpful discussion around painters block and get tips on some things artists and students can do to overcome it, and work through it. Jackie: Good to see you this morning. Sherrie: Yes. Jackie: Yes, I want to talk to you today about feeling, and what do you do when you feel... Read More

Teaching Art Can Teach You to Become a Master

Teaching Art Can Teach You to Become a Master

August 25, 2020 | Bright Light Fine Art | Art Stories | artists, drawing classes, great artists, Jacqueline Kamin, painting classes, Sherrie McGraw | 0 Comments

Listen in and review the dialogue between Sherrie and Jackie in today's blog on how teaching art can teach you to become a master. What Do You Learn from Teaching Art? Jackie: Hi, Sherrie. How are you? Sherrie: I'm good, Jackie, how are you doing? Jackie: Good. Good. Today I want to talk about... Read More

Master Artist in a Man's World: Interview with Sherrie McGraw Aspen Leaves Gallery

Master Artist in a Man’s World: Interview with Sherrie McGraw

June 23, 2020 | Bright Light Fine Art | Art News, Art Stories | artists, drawing classes, great artists, painting classes, Sherrie McGraw | 0 Comments

This is a recent interview with Sherrie McGraw. It gives people a different side of her than in the art instructional videos. Hosted by Lori McNee at Fine Art Tips, she helps listeners and viewers discover new things about one of our favorite master artist and instructors.... Read More

Abstract Realism

Abstract Realism

April 7, 2020 | Bright Light Fine Art | Art History | Abstract, Anthony Van Dyck, Art Movement, Classical Realism, Dadaism and Surrealism, David Leffel, Frans hals, Franz Kline, George inness, Hovep Pushman, Jackson Pollock, Jacqueline Kamin, Paintings, Rembandt, Rembrandt, Rubens, Sherrie McGraw, Soren Emil Carlsen, Walter Murch's, Willem DeKooning | 0 Comments

When Abstract Realism and Expressionism dawned in the late 1960s and early 1970s, some of its leaders—Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Willem DeKooning—came on the scene showcasing the abstract beauty of paint itself without the dilution of a recognizable image. Pollock highlighted creativity in the controlled accident.  Kline in... Read More

Priming Linen Instructions

Priming Raw Linen Instructions

August 14, 2019 | Bright Light Fine Art | Painting Ideas | Canvas, Instruction on Priming Linen, Sherrie McGraw | 0 Comments

How do I prime a raw linen canvas? This blog will explain priming raw linen and how to oil prime a raw linen canvas. This age-old archival method of priming a canvas for painting in oils creates a smooth surface that far surpasses what is available commercially. If you have... Read More

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Painting Shadows

December 23, 2017 | Bright Light Fine Art | Painting Ideas | painting shadows . Color theory., Sherrie McGraw | 0 Comments

In this wonderful and informative blog, Stacy Kamin leads us through the very complex theory of shadows when painting light and shadow in the chiaroscuro way of working in oil. In oil painting shadows help create the illusion of dimension. One of the most important techniques is the skill... Read More

Edges in Painting

August 13, 2017 | Bright Light Fine Art | Painting Techniques | David Leffel, edges in painting, Jacqueiline Kamin, Sherrie McGraw, Soft hard edges in painting | 0 Comments

How do I guide the viewer's eye through a painting? How do I  control soft and hard edges? When does the brain rest on a hard edge and travel over the soft edges in a painting? The use of edges in painting is the subject of this blog. How... Read More

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Teaching Philosophy: Sherrie McGraw

March 8, 2017 | Bright Light Fine Art | Drawing Ideas, Drawing Techniques | Sherrie McGraw, teaching philosophy | 0 Comments

What is Sherrie McGraw's teaching philosophy?  How should a student pick an art teacher?  How does an art student get better?   Stacy states “This blog will explain Sherrie McGraw’s teaching philosophy. She is one of the best teachers that I have studied with, in part because she is patient and very generous with... Read More

How the Golden Section and Golden Mean Help in Composition

March 1, 2017 | Bright Light Fine Art | Drawing Techniques | composition in art, composition in painting, David Leffel, Golden Means, Golden section, Jacqueline Kamin, Sherrie McGraw | 0 Comments

This blog will explain the Golden Mean, Golden Ratio and Golden Section.  These terms all refer to the same phenomenon. They reflect a regularly occurring proportional ratio in nature that can be included in your art to achieve effective composition.   The Golden Section is a mathematical ratio commonly found in nature, which is the... Read More

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Seeing Planes in Art

February 16, 2017 | Bright Light Fine Art | Drawing Techniques | David Leffel, Jacqueline Kamin, Oil painting, Painting Techniques, Planes in Art. Seeing Planes as an artist, Sherrie McGraw | 0 Comments

What are Planes? How do I see planes? In this blog you will heighten your art education by learning how to see planes. Students often can't decipher separate planes on a subject, which weakens the structural strength of their work. It is  important to be aware of planes and to see them... Read More

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