AMERICAN

ARTIST

COVER

Still Life With Box of Jellied

Fruit, Bread, Silver Salver,
Glass, and Wine Cooler (detail)

a r t i s t d a i l y. c o m

by Luis Melndez, 1770, oil, 1912 x 1412.

Collection the Prado, Madrid, Spain.

DECEMBER 2009

CONTENTS
14 A Very Spanish Appetite: The

EASY REFERENCE

Paintings of Luis Melndez

Oil: 14, 32, 44

Pastel: 38, 56
Watercolor: 50

BY JOHN A. PARKS

The greatest master of the Spanish

still life came to artistic triumph
through professional failure.

4 Editors Note
6 Letters

26 The Perfect Gifts for Artists

6 Whats New at artistdaily.com

BY M. STEPHEN DOHERTY

7 Art Mart

Find holiday gift ideas for the

artists in your life.

8 Quick Sketches

Vermeers Masterpiece The Milkmaid

Visits the United States...Silvermine
Guild Arts Center Presents Print
Americas...Chroma Announces
Student Art Competition.
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32 Painting Landscapes in

Exact Scale
BY MARC DALESSIO

Marc Dalessio explains how he

paints landscapes using an
adaptation of the sight-size method
normally associated with studio
work. His method is to paint what
he observes in such a way that the
subject and painted image are
exactly the same scale when viewed
from a constant position.
38 Building Rich and Full Layers
BY JOHN A. PARKS

By subtly layering pastel, Marlene

Wiedenbaum creates a luscious
and convincing sense of the world.
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44 The Benefits and Limitations of

Painting Personal Imagery

BY M. STEPHEN DOHERTY

George Towne first painted portraits of

friends and members of his community as a
way of instilling meaningful content in his
artwork and motivating himself through long
hours of painting. He now applies what he
learned to creating drawings and paintings of
models that are only acquaintances but whose
appearance and personality appeal to him.

14

50 24 Watercolor Portraits

(One for Each Year of a Childs Life)

BY M. STEPHEN DOHERTY

Carol Carter began a series of annual

portraits of her son shortly after he was born,
and she continues to add to her Growth
Portraits series now that he is 24 years old.
56 Love at First Touch: The Pastel Paintings

of Linda Gross Brown

BY JAMES A. METCALFE

Ohio artist Linda Gross Brown loves the

freedom of working with her fingers,
creating pathways through her peaceful
scenes with light and shadow.

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64 Exhibitions

Watteau to Degas: French Drawings From the

Frits Lugt Collection...The Masterworks of
Charles M. Russell: A Retrospective of Paintings
and Sculpture...The Brilliant Line: Following
The Early Modern Engraver, 14801650.
70 Business of Art
72 Technical Q+A
74 2009 Editorial Index
78 Bulletin Board
80 Coming in...

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