Try painting on smooth Claybord with acrylic paint. The combination of the clay coating and the smooth surface allows for free-flowing brush strokes, intense color, and the ability to remove paint from the surface with ease.
To paint oil on a large canvas (109" x 84"), dilute your paint with safflower or poppyseed oil. Safflower oil will yellow the least when combined with a non-toxic mineral spirit to thin out your paints and create a glaze: Try two parts oil to one part spirit. Poppyseed oil is best for whites and blues, and it will help make these colors more pure.
Prevent wrinkled watercolor paintings on any weight paper by wetting the back of the dry painting with water, using a brush or sponge. Then press the painting under an even weight overnight and your watercolor will look much better when framed.
Take a look around, and find out how we’ve changed both the appearance and the functionality of our website to serve you better. We expanded the range of services we provide to artists with our relaunch of this website. 
A team of experts from VNU Inc., the global company that owns American Artist, created a new design, added interactive features, and expanded the range of services available to artists. Moreover, they invited a number of dynamic companies to lend support to our efforts to provide more artwork, technical advice, painting demonstrations, critiques, and research facilities to help artists get immediate assistance.
In the September 2006 issue of American Artist, oil painter Kate Lehman discussed how she utilizes a traditional technique for her paintings full of quietness and calm. We present 12 more images from Lehman here in this online exclusive gallery.
In the September 2006 issue of American Artist, Indiana artist Tim Kennedy explained how his figurative paintings have a connection to other artists, past and present. In this online exclusive gallery, we present nine more of his works.
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Watercolor Highlights - Spring 2008
