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The Value of Color, the Color of Value

The Value of Color, the Color of Value

Explore how color and value are related.

Artwork, class coursework, Drawing/Painting Prompt, Lessons, TutorialannmcmillanJune 13, 2016acrylic painting, color, Color Mixing, color theory, notan sketches, oil painting, still life painting, value

Painting from Photographs

Painting from Photographs

Artwork, class coursework, Drawing/Painting Prompt, Lessons, TutorialannmcmillanMay 4, 2016atmospheric perspective, notan sketches, oil, oil painting, Painting, Pastel, photograph, references

Discovering Abstraction

Discovering Abstraction

Artwork, Backstory, Drawing/Painting Prompt, LessonsannmcmillanApril 13, 2016abstract landscape, Abstraction, color, gees bend, Landscape, oil painting, quilt

Five Art Books

Five Art Books

Dear Reader, Here are five books I recommend to everyone who asks me how to paint, or to be an artist:

Backstory, book review, LessonsannmcmillanMarch 28, 2016artist, business of art, composition, creativity, czikzentmihalyi, daily painting, design, drawing, Flow, marine, mccaw, oil painting, Payne, self-employed

Upcoming Classes and Workshops

Upcoming Classes and Workshops

Course Announcement, UncategorizedannmcmillanMarch 18, 2016acrylic painting, ann mcmillan, class, instruction, mendocino art center, oil painting, palo alto art center, pastel painting, Plein air, workshop

The Story of a Painting

The Story of a Painting

Artwork, Backstory, Drawing/Painting Prompt, EventannmcmillanJanuary 29, 2016Color Mixing, drawing, notan sketches, oil painting, outdoor painting, Plein air

Please join me! Weekend workshop on Color!

Please join me! Weekend workshop on Color!

Course Announcement, Event, UncategorizedannmcmillanJanuary 19, 2016collage, Color Mixing, color theory, oil painting, outdoor painting, Pastel, Plein air

Compositional Sketches on Canvas

Compositional Sketches on Canvas

UncategorizedannmcmillanOctober 19, 2015notan, notan sketches, oil painting, outdoor painting, Painting, Plein air