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    As Exciting as Watching Paint Dry
    Joel Popadics
    • Nov 5, 2021
    • 2 min

    As Exciting as Watching Paint Dry

    If you've seen a recent picture of me, you might wonder why would this guy need a hair dryer? But, I do and I use one for my watercolors...
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    A Touch of Gray
    Joel Popadics
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    A Touch of Gray

    I have quite a few favorite colors and Payne's Gray is definitely among them. It's a bluish-gray color that we add to our landscape...
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    Brushing Up on a Few Things
    Joel Popadics
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 4 min

    Brushing Up on a Few Things

    "Brushes of good quality are the most important. If properly treated, they will last for years. So do not buy cheap ones that soon go to...
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    Five of My Favorite Art Collections
    Joel Popadics
    • Sep 10, 2021
    • 4 min

    Five of My Favorite Art Collections

    When I’m seeking inspiration and new ideas, I go to a museum and look at the old masters. A visit to a museum is a great way to spend the...
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    Happy Birthday Anders Zorn!
    Joel Popadics
    • Feb 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    Happy Birthday Anders Zorn!

    Today is Anders Zorn's birthday! Born 160 years ago in the small rural town of Mora, Sweden on February 18, 1860, he is considered to be...
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    J.M.W. Turner: Watercolors From Tate
    Joel Popadics
    • Jan 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    J.M.W. Turner: Watercolors From Tate

    “I always paint what I see,” said Turner; yet no painter ever departed further from close imitation or took more liberties with his...
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    The Grass is Always Greener
    Joel Popadics
    • Nov 22, 2019
    • 3 min

    The Grass is Always Greener

    “As one might speak of Velazquez’s blacks, one must speak of DuMond’s greens” - William H. Gerdts, American Impressionist Writer and...
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    Looks Good on Paper
    Joel Popadics
    • Jun 13, 2019
    • 3 min

    Looks Good on Paper

    “Of all the tools you’ll use in transparent watercolor, by far the most important one is your paper. Watercolor paper must be of good...
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    Ten Places I’d Like to Paint Before I Stop
    Joel Popadics
    • May 19, 2019
    • 3 min

    Ten Places I’d Like to Paint Before I Stop

    This list could really be twelve places I’d like to paint before I stop, but I can scratch off two from the list - the Parthenon in...
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    The Sol App and the Golden Hour
    Joel Popadics
    • May 3, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Sol App and the Golden Hour

    "As first glimpsed from the edge of the abyss, the Grand Canyon is a geologic marvel and a spiritual emotion. Below is a primeval void,...
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    Art Store Confidential
    Joel Popadics
    • Mar 29, 2019
    • 3 min

    Art Store Confidential

    I suggested to a student once, that he should purchase a good sable brush. I was a little embarrassed when I told him the price – sables...
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    Real Men Use Magic Eraser
    Joel Popadics
    • Feb 28, 2019
    • 3 min

    Real Men Use Magic Eraser

    I always say, "Real men (real watercolorists) don't use white or art masking fluid." I work in a "pure" manner, and I don't...well hardly...
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    Man's Best Painting Friend
    Joel Popadics
    • Feb 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Man's Best Painting Friend

    “Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon...
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    Watercolor Palettes
    Joel Popadics
    • Jan 31, 2019
    • 3 min

    Watercolor Palettes

    The Salmagundi Club in Manhattan has a unique collection. Numerous palettes of artists from the past adorn the walls above the library...
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    Isabellas Free...Forever
    Joel Popadics
    • Dec 22, 2018
    • 2 min

    Isabellas Free...Forever

    "Has the music room dissolved, this morning, in the sunshine? I felt last night as though I were in a Hans Anderson Fairy Tale, ready to...
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