AMERICAN

ARTIST

Still Life
®

painting highlights~
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8 15 Artists, 5 Objects, 30 Paintings That
Demonstrate Ways to Establish Your Own Style

Contents
by M. Stephen D o herty

28 Painting Classical Floral Still Lifes With

Skill and Understanding
by Scott Roysto n

36 Creating Movement in a Still Life

b y Li nda S. Pri ce

44 Best Professional Practices for Dynamic Still Lifes

by Bo b Bahr

54 Summarizing What You See and What

Matters Most to Your Painting
by M. Stephen D o herty

66 How to Enjoy the Process Now and

The Product Later
by M. Stephen D o herty

54 78 78 Still Lifes on a Small Scale

by Ti na Tamm aro

88 Choice Morsels
by Jo hn A. Parks

94 Using Materials, Techniques, Inspiration, and

Intuition to Paint Well
by M. Stephen D o herty

100 Arranging Unexpected Combinations of Objects

by James A. Metcalfe

108 Painting Large-Scale Floral Arrangements

116 From Photographs
by M. Stephen D o herty

116 Still Lifes That Connect Memories

by M. Stephen D o herty

124 Painting Still Lifes Alla Prima

by M. Stephen D o herty
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cover

Persian Bittersweet
(detail)
by Claudia Seymour, 2003,
oil on linen, 20 x 16.
Collection the artist.

Artists in this Issue

Assael, Steven 8 66

Bergt, Michael 8
Bermingham, Debra 8 44 108
Deichler, Deborah 8
Evans, Rob 8
Fraser, Scott 8
Frisella, Robin 116
Gordon, Patrick 108
Grasso, Carlos 94
Gyurcsak, Joe 44
Hess, F. Scott 8
Jackson, Phillip R. 100
Jackson, Robert C. 8
Lattimore, Andrew 88
94 100
Legg, Jeffrey 54
Lyon, Susan 124
Monafo, Janet 8
Moran, Heidi 66
Royston, Scott 28
Seymour, Claudia 36
Sienna, Pamela 8
Sprick, Daniel 8
Steinworth, Skip 8
Switzer, Nancy 8
Uffelman, Jeff 8
Washor, Joyce 78
Wilson, Will 8 88

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