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2019 Challenge

This year I have

challenged myself to 

paint 1 painting

per week in the 

style of one of the 

historical Top 100

artists.  I am trying to 

use the techniques, medium and colours that they used but the goal is to refrain from copying them.  The time restriction of 1 week puts limitations on the oil painting and those artists who produced very detailed works

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1 week - 1 artist

Quiet Beauty

Acrylic on Canvas

Week 1 - Picasso (1881- 1973)

"Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

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Man with dog

Week 3 - Giotto di Bondone (1226-1337)

"The human heart is a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars."

The sincere friends of this world are as ship's lights in the stormiest of nights."

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Mother Theresa in Calcutta

Week 2 - Cezanne (1839-1906)

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature."

"Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realising one's sensations."

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Secombe's Island, Nova Scotia

Week 4 - JMW Turner (1775-1851)

"My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there."

"It is only when we are no longer fearful that we begin to create"

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Summer and Winter in Nova Scotia

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