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MARCH 2016 VOLUME 33 NUMBER 2

features

30 Primed & Ready

Age is just a number, as the 10 winners of our Over 60 Competition prove.

BY MCKENZIE GRAHAM AND MICHAEL WOODSON

36 Story of a Portrait

An artist records the dynamic of a family. BY TIM KENNEDY

44 Inked!

Graphic novelists boldly yoke image and word. BY MCKENZIE GRAHAM

52 Fast But Not Furious

Extend the time span of alla prima in the fi eld. BY ALBERT HANDELL

columns

4 Letters

8 The Artist’s Life

16 Drawing Board

20 Brushing Up

26 Master Class

60 Ask the Experts

63 Road Test

88 Competition Spotlight

on the cover

30 The Best Is Yet To Be:

The 10 Winners of Our

Over 60 Competition

20 All You Need to Know

About Yellow

44 The Graphic Novel

52 Alla Prima: Not So Fast

in the Field

16 Drawing Weather

COVER: Every Moment (acrylic on

canvas, 36x48) by Ober-Rae Starr

Livingstone

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