Don Demers: Painting and Design with Purpose: The Don Demers’ ApproachDiscover how Don Demers approaches design and composition to consistently create paintings that command attention and achieve artistic excellence even if youve struggled with these fundamental concepts before! Have you ever wondered why some paintings immediately command attention while others get overlooked? What makes certain artworks stand out with unmistakable presence and authority, while similar subjects painted with equal technical skill

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Ikin begins with an in-depth discussion of her materials

Add More Collage — weave it in and out of the figure

How to paint wet-into-wet for vibrant colors and greater depth…

Johanne will reveal her entire process in great detail as she demonstrates the painting you see above

Acrylic lessons on color

For his brushstrokes he is “thinking about power and variety”

The crucial third step

He also worked for George Lucas as a concept artist before moving on to an incredibly successful teaching career that spanned 20 years

and the way that I approach any subject

gives your paintings more atmosphere

Dali Higa is the Director of The California Museum of Fine Art and a signature member of The Oil Painters of America