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Four top artists showcase their work

Did you know there are at least two approaches to painting with pastels?

Albert Handell talks about his painting technique

Irene Hannestad maintains control of every stage of the painting process

John Lovett instructs how to achieve a soft gesso glaze

Part 2 -- 3 Steps to a Successful Still Life Composition

Part 3 -- 6 Painting Pitfalls to Avoid in Still Life

Part 4 -- Avoid the Anxiety of Painting Roses with the Easy Stage-by-Stage Process

See how this master of the sublime vista translates the energy and truth of plein air studies into magnificent studio paintings.

How to become more consistent in mixing the exact colors and values you want.

Experience the development of a new major work by Zhuo S. Liang from research to completion

Experience the development of a new major work by Mian Situ from research to completion

Just some of the works in Ron Ranson's personal collection: John Badcock, Claude Croney, Peter Hall, Edward Seago, Douglas Treasure, John Yradley, Trevor Chamberlain, Lawrence Goldsmith, Ross paterson, David Taylor and Derric Van Rensberg

Four top artists showcase their work

Showcasing the work of three Master artists

Four top artists showcase their work

Four top artists showcase their work

Four top artists showcase their work

A look at some of the best works of members from Portrait Society of America.

Winners of the Members Only competition

14th Annual Awards

The search for technique or the internal search for our own voice? What's it to be?

The cityscape painter needs nerves of steel, sharp reflexes and die-hard determinination

You don't have to build your paintings brick by brick to achieve a variety of authentic, believable textures.

John Lovett demonstrates his process of painting a group of ancient buildings in the South of France

Plein air artist Zufar Bikbov utilizes pastels to assist in the creation of his oil paintings

in this issue Harley Brown steps aside to introduce readers to the art of film legend Kim Novak

Bob Lynn says that all the world.s a canvas and the objects simply players in his still life painting series

Producing paintings full of color and movement

Janet Murran

This artist applies the universal language of art to express his abstract images

Chairman’s Letter

Iranian born artist Nasser Ovissi merges images of the horse, woman and pomegranate into his vision of the perfect world.

If, at first glance, this work suggests a meticulously planned and carefully drawn up approach, guess again

Like a caterpillar unfolding into a butterfly, the artist's duty is to change.