Joel Popadics
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Joel Popadics
- Feb 12, 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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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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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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