The Artist's Magazine: Annual Art Competition Winners 2012

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Direct vs Indirect: Two Ways of Painting in Oil
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Winners
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contents
DECEMBER 2012 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 10
36
features
35 The Winners of The Artist’s
Magazine’s 29th (2012)
Annual Art Competition
By Maureen Bloomfi eld
36 Landscape/Interior
Edited by Holly Davis
42 Animal/Wildlife
Edited by Cherie Haas
56 Portrait/Figure
Edited by Maureen Bloomfi eld
62 Still Life/Floral
Edited by Christine McHugh
68 Abstract/Experimental
Edited by Betsy Dillard Stroud
74 By Direct or Indirect Means
Should you start a landscape in oil by pro-
ceeding directly to shapes and colors—or by
washing in an undertone? Either approach
works; choose the one right for you.
By Michael Chesley Johnson
42
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12 The Artist’s Life every day of the season!
A panel in Toronto decides
whether graffi ti is vandalism or 32 The Artist’s Magazine’s
art; we invite you to the World of 30th (2013) Annual Art
Art Showcase, and more. Competition
Edited by Cherie Haas Learn about next year’s contest!
on the cover
18 Exhibitions 82 Ask the Experts
An attorney examines the effect
Direct vs Indirect 74
22 Holiday Gift Guide of an artwork’s dimensionality
Great gifts for artists on your list. on copyright law and the nature Multiple-Point Perspective 84
of contracts for commissioned Competition Winners 35
24 Brushing Up works. By Leonard D. DuBoff
Tonal landscapes depend on Tonal Landscapes 24
atmospheric effects. 84 Drawing Board COVER: Crazy Quilt (oil, 28x18)
By M. Katherine Hurley Knowing perspective is a pre- by Grace Kim
requisite for organizing a land-
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What the Jurors Have To Say
The jurors of the 2012 Annual Competition share their comments on the paintings
that won awards and explain their criteria for judging works of art.
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Learn more about the oil painting techniques of two of the winners in the still life/
fl oral category of our competition: Jeffrey Larson and David Cheifetz.
Step-by-Step Demonstration in Watercolor
John Salminen, one of this year’s abstract/experimental honorable mentions, shows
you how he paints a rainy city scene.
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Read attorney Leonard D. Duboff’s explanations of various issues related to art.
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letters FROM THE EDITOR, OUR CONTRIBUTORS AND READERS
Trying To Excel
THIS SEPTEMBER I had the good fortune to
attend American Artist’s Weekend with the
Masters in San Diego, where artists of the cali-
ber of Daniel E. Greene, David Leff el, Sherrie
McGraw, Juliette Aristides, Quang Ho, Rob
Liberace and David Jon Kassan, to name just a
handful, maintained that, as artists, we have to
pay attention—to look until we see. Looking
until you see sounds easy unless you’ve spent
a lifetime at it. In fact, David Leff el called
painting a “problem-solving discipline”; Daniel
E. Greene spoke of the challenge of realism
and of the “extremely worthy goal of spend-
ing one’s life trying to excel.” Trying to excel
is continual, an inner and outer process, a
dilemma and a joy.
If you’re a new reader of Th e Artist’s Magazine, we welcome you. In every
issue, we feature artists who are generous enough to share secrets of craft
and wise enough to impart lessons as relevant today as they were centuries
ago. In this issue, Michael Chesley Johnson demonstrates two approaches
to painting in oil (“By Direct or Indirect Means,” page 74); M. Katherine
Hurley walks you through a tonal landscape (Brushing Up, page 24); Grant
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FAVORITE ART Finally, we celebrate the winners of Th e Artist’s Magazine’s 29th Annual
Art Competition (coverage starts on page 35); we congratulate the fi nalists,
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