Joel Popadics
Summer 2019 Newsletter
Ahh...Summer! I hope you're enjoying what's left of it! Click here to read my latest newsletter and see what's new with me and my work....
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Joel Popadics
Jul 12, 20194 min read
Can Art Promote Healing?
Can art promote healing? A few years ago, the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP) purchased several of my...
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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 31, 20192 min read
Watercolor Trivia
Did you know?... George Washington once gifted an inlaid mahogany watercolor paint box to his niece, Nelly Custis, on the occasion of her...
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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
Apr 16, 20191 min read
Spring 2019 Newsletter
Happy Spring! Click here to read my latest newsletter. I hope you enjoy reading what's new with me and my work. Please feel free to share...
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Joel Popadics
Apr 12, 20191 min read
The Ogden Minton Pleissner Gallery
"You can say that a picture has a sense of place, but in a painting, a landscape, to me it's the mood conveyed that counts. Constable,...
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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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