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Visit the American Artist Community Site For New Editorial Content

As many visitors have already discovered, the American Artist online presence is currently transitioning to a new format. The new American Artist community site is already home to the American Artist forums, and fresh online editorial content is being shifted there as well. The content previously posted here can now be found in a collection of newly created blogs, brought to you by the editors of the American Artist family of publications.

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Marion W. Hylton: Moving Easily Among Media

Gainesville, Florida, artist Marion W. Hylton is adept at oil, masterful in watercolor, and award-winning in pastel.

Visit the Quick Sketches Blog!

Visit the new Quick Sketches blog on the American Artist community site for information on noteworthy news items, exhibitions, award winners, and art supplies.

Saved From the Storm at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts

This collection of work, on loan from The New Orleans Museum of Art, will be on display at the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts and features works from the 17th century through the mid-20th century that were spared from the devastating effects of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina .

Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings From the Biblioteca Reale in Turin

The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco’s Legion of Honor will host this exhibition of work by master artist Leonardo da Vinci.

Brian Smith: Figurative Abstracts

This Toronto artist has spent the last three years exploring abstraction of the human figure, blending his classical training with a new approach.

Visit the New Plein Air Blog

Check out the new Plein Air blog at the American Artist community site!

Visit the New American Artist Critique Blog!

Visit the new Critique Blog on American Artist community site!

Drawings for Writings

Mark Leithauser collaborated with his brother, the poet Brad Leithauser, on a series of books that expanded his imaginative powers, leading him to consider a multitude of new subjects.

Drawing Basics: The Cube

Learn to draw the cube and you have a good introduction to basic perspective and to one of the geometric building blocks of all objects—including the human figure.