Author: Anita Louise Hummel
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Why Was Impressionism Art At First Rejected?
I recently watched a movie about Vincent Van Gogh called At Eternity’s Gate, a beautiful movie about the life of Vincent Van Gogh. When I watched the movie, I thought, “Why were so many impressionist artists so widely rejected during their lifetime?” During the emergence of impressionism art, fine art oil painting was an essential…
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Am I Too Old To Start Oil Painting?
This is the question that I asked myself many times as I was learning to oil paint. I started to really learn to oil paint when I was in my late 50’s. Like many of you, I felt that maybe I had missed my prime, and I was just too old to learn how to paint.…
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How To Deal With Creative and Artistic Rejection?
Not Everyone Will Like Your Art -Why That Is OK When I first started to oil paint, I would be so worried when I showed people my art that they would not like it, or they would think I was such a lousy painter but will be too polite to really tell me what they…
