CRITIQUE: "Silver Server With Cups"

An appropriate background is essential for setting the scene in a still life composition.

Nick Clulow: Interior Acrylic Portraits

This Maryland artist always paints from life, creating work that gives personality and history to inanimate objects.

"The Mother Wore Green (at the Wedding)"

Consider value choices carefully when painting figures.

AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Elizabeth Daggar's "Amsterdam I"

April 2008 American Artist featured artist Elizabeth Daggar explains her casein and acrylic technique in this demonstration of Amsterdam I (2:20).

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Elizabeth Daggar's Architectural Paintings: Boldness & Clarity

This Brooklyn-based artist uses a combination of casein and acrylic to create paintings of considerable power.

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AUDIO SLIDESHOW: Barbara Edwards' "Flight of Fancy"

Take a closer look at acrylic technique in this demonstration by winter 2008 Watercolor featured artist Barbara Edwards (2:11).

Barbara Edwards: Acrylic Exploration

Barbara Edwards experiments with media and techniques in her paintings that make use of both representation and abstraction.

Watch a demonstration of Edwards' acrylic technique in an audio slideshow of Flight of Fancy.

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CRITIQUE: "Geraniums"

Varying color and subduing the background helps create an effective floral composition.

CRITIQUE: "Bleu"

Use negative space on both sides of the canvas to create a unified composition.