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The budding branches create an interesting vignette around the subject's face in this oil on cardboard study by 19th c French artist Jean-Eugène Buland. This work shows a remarkably resolved portrait for what was surely painted in a single session!

This 1921 self portrait by Hungarian painter Erzsébet Korb shows awareness of Modernism, as well as solid classical foundations. Korb died at only 26 years old, but her work showed sophisticated skill, introspection, and expressiveness, despite her sadly short life.

In terms of paint handling and sheer studio craft, you'll scarcely find a better example than Czech artist Franz Dvorak's 1904 "Portrait of the Artist's Mother"

There are several systems for stretching a rectangular canvas, but how do you approach a round canvas ("tondo")? Here's the sequence of tacking/stapling that works best for us!

Are you working too hard on non-creative tasks in the studio, and spending less time making art than you'd like? What are some ways artists can get more easel time by streamlining other jobs? (Image: "Sisyphus", Titian, 1548-9)

17th c. Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the most powerful figurative artists of her generation. Her use of "Amber Oil of Venice" in whites and skin tones still fascinates artists today!

Flying a broom at night- what could be safer than that? William Holbrook Beard's 19th c oil on cardboard painting, "Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches" has us rethinking our assumptions! (Also, is it really a "flock" of witches"? We're going to look that one up.)

“I have seen pastels referred to as “paintings”. Why do artists call them “paintings” if they are drawn on paper?” Read our reply: https://t.co/XTYObGxhyV
Image: Pastel painting by Manet, 1880s, executed in a manner similar to the French Impressionist’s oil paintings

This unfinished 19th c. portrait by an unknown artist shows both an abandoned figurative sketch and the light preliminary marks of the final image. A terrific snapshot of the construction of a picture!