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Check out my New online gallery images and tell me what you think.
I’ve just created a new gallery page for my blog with new images. I will be updating this gallery from time to time with my lastest and best original paintings. These paintings are available for purchase and you can message … Continue reading
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Tagged Gary Bolyer, Gary Bolyer Oil Paintings, landscape oil paintings, landscape paintings, mountain paintings, mt rainier national park, mt zion national park, oil paintings direct from the artist, original oil pantings, paintings of rivers, snow paintings, upper virgin river
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Matte and Glossy Finishes in Oil Painting
Do you love being able to manipulate the finish in oil painting, making it matte, glossy, or somewhere in-between? There are some artists who believe in a very traditional approach to oil painting in that the finish should be consistently … Continue reading
Top 6 Solvents for the Serious Oil Painter
Most solvents have common characteristics. They are liquids at room temperature. They are very volatile and produce vapors that can be inhaled or circulated by a ventilation system. Most solvents are flammable liquids, and because of the wide range of … Continue reading
Pricing Your Oil Paintings: Stay Out of the Bargain Basement
How do you decide what your oil paintings are worth? How do you price your precious one-of-a-kind original works of art? Every artist throughout history has struggled with these questions. And they are difficult questions to answer. Over the last fifteen … Continue reading
Posted in Art Business Success
Tagged art, art career guide, art collector, art dealers, art self help, artist, artist career, artist career guide, how to price my art, how to price my oil paintings, pricing art, pricing oil paintings, selling art, selling art in galleries, selling art on the internet, the business of art
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6 Color Schemes for the Serious Oil Painter
Have you ever started a painting and then hours into it found yourself muddling around with the colors unsure which direction to go? Have you ever wanted a simple way to think about your color compositions? Are you still unsure about how … Continue reading
Posted in How to Paint in Oils
Tagged analogous color scheme, art, art self help, color harmonies, color harmonies in oil painting, color schemes in oil painting, color theory for artists, color wheel for oil painting, complementary colors, how to paint in oils, how to use color in oil painting, oil color palette, oil painting, oil painting color schemes, simple color palettes for artists, split complementary color scheme, square color scheme, tetradic color scheme, tips for oil painting, triadic color scheme
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Review of David LaChapelle’s From Darkness to Light at Lever House, NYC
By its very nature, the work of American photographer David LaChapelle invites controversy. One observer at New York magazine called LaChapelle “the Fellini of photography,” while another of the same periodical’s writers suggested, “David LaChapelle should have his artistic license … Continue reading
2 Keys to Success Using Cadmium Reds and Yellows in Oil Painting
Have you ever been painting with either Cadmium Red or Cadmium Yellow and gotten frustrated because you couldn’t get the color mix right? When it comes to mixing colors with the cadmium, they can be a little tricky. I have devised 2 … Continue reading
