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Michael B. Paolercio : February 2015
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Thursday, February 19, 2015. Cincinnati's finest unknown artist - Todd Price. It's my intention to take you step-by-step on how I am doing my newest landscape oil painting. I started working on the painting on Dec. 3. I delayed posting my blogs till I could do them consecutively, week-by-week. Artwork by Todd Price. Todd oversees what I am doing and his pointers have been incredibly beneficial in developing my progress in oil painting. I started drawing in...
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Michael B. Paolercio : February 2014
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Thursday, February 27, 2014. A Game of Inches. I covered sports for more years than I care to mention, and no matter which sport I covered, invariably some sports figure would throw out the quote - "It's a game of inches." You could bet your life's fortune that you'd hear that at least once a week, if not once a day. Sometimes more than once a day! Well - now's it's my turn! I'm sure you figured that out and what that means, right? With the groundwork done...
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Michael B. Paolercio : November 2013
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Sometimes it doesn't work . Just to make the disclaimer first - I am just as guilty as everyone else! Okay That's out of the way. I admit it. I have some opportunities to look at other artists' blogs and I am somewhat amused that I never see an artist post a bad effort. AND - see the first sentence of this week's blog. Yes, I'm as guilty as everyone else. Ray Hassard at work. Bad art in progress. The photo depicts one lone per...
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Michael B. Paolercio : May 2014
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Teaching is something I've always entertained as a possibility during various points in my life. My patience level has never been the best, however, and it's a quality among those of the teaching profession that I have always admired. I clearly couldn't have taught elementary school. Third graders, I suspect, would have trouble getting their little mitts around my sense of humor. Pastels are the other extreme. You can work on a ...
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Michael B. Paolercio : Art Shows this weekend
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Tuesday, December 2, 2014. Art Shows this weekend. The Irregular Blogger Returns! At least irregularly . I've been painting quite a bit lately - and, sad to say, neglecting my drawing skills regimen. I have been excited, however, about how I am progressing. While I've done about 6-10 paintings since I've last posted, the two that have been most satisfying while be featured this weekend at two different Winter Art Shows. On Saturday, The Three Brothers.
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Michael B. Paolercio : Fantasy time
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Wednesday, August 6, 2014. Can't believe it's been almost two months since I have posted a blog! None, however, could replace my all time favorite artist, Frank Frazetta, who I have written about before. I can't tell you how many times I sketched, traced, drew the drawing here by Frazetta as part of his series of drawings of Tarzan. It really is about the drama of the light source. The light establishes your darks. For me, that's the sign of a great artist...
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Michael B. Paolercio : January 2014
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Friday, January 24, 2014. The price is right . maybe. Other than actually executing the artwork, the next most difficult thing artists have to do is pricing their own finished works. Rarely do I see so much hand-wringing as when artists are discussing how should they put a price on their artwork. Subsequently, they price the piece too low. If I price it too high, does the buyer think I'm an egomaniac? The formula should be $ $ x square inches of the painti...
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Michael B. Paolercio : Teaching a workshop
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Thursday, May 15, 2014. Teaching is something I've always entertained as a possibility during various points in my life. My patience level has never been the best, however, and it's a quality among those of the teaching profession that I have always admired. I clearly couldn't have taught elementary school. Third graders, I suspect, would have trouble getting their little mitts around my sense of humor. Pastels are the other extreme. You can work on a ...
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Michael B. Paolercio : October 2013
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Michael B. Paolercio. Fine Art and Illustration. Tuesday, October 29, 2013. The art of negative thinking. In between working on Opening Night (see progress below), I started and finished a scratchboard project that I was planning on doing later this year. At that point, the real work begins. You are scratching away the black ink to reveal the white clayboard beneath the surface. I use several different tools, but the most precise and the one I use most often is an Exacto knife. The other key thing in scr...
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Muzzleloader/Scurlock Publishing: April 2011
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MUZZLELOADER: The Publication for Black Powder Shooters. Scurlock Publishing Company specializes in books on traditional muzzleloading, early American history, collectibles, and firearms, and historical reenacting. Click here to visit Muzzleloader's homepage! Firearms of the Fur Trade. Straps by the Weaving Welshman. George Ainslie Folding Ladle. Janna Gatliff Woven Tapes. May/June 2011 in the Mail. Scott Shea Flint Wallet. LaClair Skinner by C. L. Matteo. Hunting Gloves by Karen Hainlen. These straps ar...
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