The Artist’s Magazine – October 2019

94 Artists Magazine October 2019

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Study

Resources to

inspire + build skills

BY HOLLY DAVIS

Eyes to the Skies

It’s been 50 years since the

first lunar walk, but artists

have been exploring the

moon for centuries.

Discover the visual inter-

pretations of 19th- and

20th-century American

artists in the exhibition

catalog The Color of the

Moon: Lunar Painting in

American Art (Hudson

River Museum, James A.

Michener Art Museum and

Fordham University Press),

edited by Laura Vookles

and Bart Bland.

The Cloud Appreciation

Society (clouda reciation

society.org) provides free

resources on clouds in art,

video, photography, music

and poetry. If you’re not

already a believer that

“clouds are the most evoca-

tive and dynamic of

Nature’s displays,” this

society’s website will go far

in making you one.

POUR AND PRINT

In The Art of Paint Pouring

(Walter Foster) artist Amanda

VanEver starts with the basics

and proceeds to demonstrate

11 acrylic pouring techniques,

yielding striking visual textures

and abstract patterns.

The Printmaking Ideas Book (Ilex),

by Frances Stanfi eld and Lucy

McGeown, explores printmaking

techniques of artists around the globe.

Included are examples of etching,

engraving, monoprinting, woodcut,

lithography, collography, linocut,

aquatint, screenprinting and more.

Drawn to Nature

Agelilo Batle’s Classic Ginkgo

(6½ inches long)

In the book Look Closer, Draw Better: Expert

Techniques for Realistic Drawing (Rockport),

Kateri Ewing encourages artists to truly see their

subjects—not just in terms of form, but also as an

evocative presence. The capturing of both qualities

sets a drawing apart. With her lyrical artwork of

natural subjects, Ewing presents lessons in

graphite, charcoal, pen and ink, and watercolor.

Looking for a unique gift for an artist—or a small

treasure for yourself? Agelio Batle’s sculptures,

made of smoothly fi nished graphite and smudge-

resistant compounds, fi t easily into a hand, and

any part of these pieces can be used for writing

or drawing. Check out his nature-based designs

(feathers, leaves, shells and more) as well as his

delightfully metaphorical Classic Drawing Hand

at batlestudio.com.