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Toss Out the Rules in Your Watercolor Painting

The article excerpt below is from American Watercolor, and it’s for all my watercolor painting compatriots out there. I started out as an acrylic painter but grew to love watercolor as time went on. I learned techniques just like anyone else, and sometimes I use what I learned and sometimes

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Last Chance to See Smyrna Arts Council Fine Art Exhibit

LOCAL ARTIST EXHIBIT AT SMYRNA CITY HALL This exhibit is ending this month!   The Smyrna Arts Council and the City of Smyrna welcomed six local artists to the newest fine arts exhibit at A. Max Bacon City Hall in Smyrna.  The exhibit, which is available to view from May

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Georgia Watercolor Society Show

The watercolor painting “Future’s So Bright” by Shelly Leitheiser is a part of the juried group show sponsored by the Georgia Watercolor Society. * Here are the details of the art show if you want to see it in person. The show can also be seen on their website. 2020 GWS

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Shelly Leitheiser with Memories of Ice

Marietta Fence Gallery – M2R Trailfest

The Marietta Fence Gallery is an outdoor gallery that was recently installed with a juried show of artwork done by Georgia artists. “The immersive arts festival that travels through downtown Marietta each year will still incorporate its visual arts displays and activites, just without performance art this year, in light

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How to Commission Art

Commissioning art isn’t a scary process and it’s not complicated either. When commissioning art from a talented artist, you can ask just about anything of them that’s in their wheelhouse. Since you see landscapes, realism, impressionism, portraits, animal art, and abstract art here on Fine Art South, you can get

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Sewell Mill Out and About Atlanta Art Show

“Out and About” at Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Arts Center is a new group art show running now through January 7, 2020. This is an exciting art display sponsored by the Atlanta Artists Center. Fine Art South’s artist Shelly Leitheiser has a painting in this show titled “Out There”.

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Reality or Abstraction Art Show

Reality or Abstraction is a new exciting art show currently showing at the Grandview Gallery in Buckhead, Atlanta, Georgia. Fine Art South artist Shelly Leitheiser has 3 paintings in this juried art show, pictured below. The Grandview gallery is member-owned and operated by the Atlanta Artists Center. They do great

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