Joel Popadics
Cold Hands, Warm Palette
It's freezing outside! Which means that it's time for me to get out my warming palette, so that I can paint outdoors. Yes, that's right....
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Joel Popadics
Nov 5, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20202 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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
Mar 15, 20192 min read
Ten Great Movies About Art
Since many of you know I'm a movie buff, I thought it would be fun to list my top ten movies about art and/or artists. With Netflix,...
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Joel Popadics
Feb 28, 20193 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20193 min read
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, 20182 min read
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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