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The Providence of Fundamentals – Learning to Draw Before You Paint Pays Dividends

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The Continuity of Light and the Criteria to Capture It: A Review of the Workshop with Charles Weed

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Research Resources

  • archive.org
  • GalleriX
  • Google Art Project
  • Inspirational Artworks
  • Lala Ragimov Archive of Old Treatises on Drawing and Painting
  • MFA Boston: Cameo
  • Oil Color Palettes
  • Wikigallery
  • Wikimedia Commons
  • Winsor & Newton 19th Century Database

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