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Issue Date: DECEMBER 1984; VOLUME 48, ISSUE 509
IN THIS ISSUE:-
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FRONT COVER: Porch Rocker, by Peter Poskas, 1984, oil, 52 x 40. Courtesy Sherry French Gallery, New York.

PAINTING URBAN LANDSCAPES, by Bruce Cody. Colorado artist Bruce Cody describes his oil painting techniques, as well as how he selects urban scenes for painting on location.

KENT ADDISON by Betsy Schein Goldman. St. Louis artist and educator Kent Addison creates convincing trompe l'oeil watercolors to reveal the dignity of common objects.

THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: LORI McCAY. This California watercolorist describes how she overcame her fear of not knowing what to paint and the obstacle of a busy schedule in order to create her "contemporary Victorian" watercolors.

AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT LARSEN by Marcia Corbino. This art instructor at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, paints still lifes, land scapes, and figures in a style derived from Cubist paintings.

PETER POSKAS by Sam Kirby. This Connecticut artist discusses the rural subject matter of his light-filled oil paintings and the techniques he uses when painting his landscapes.

PAINTING WHAT YOU FEEL by Scott Gordley. In this candid article, New York artist Scott Gordley describes how he uses his own changing emotions as a positive force when depicting the physical and emotional relationships between figures in his oil and pastel interiors.

DRAWING WITH PEN AND INK by Ray K. Schmidt. In this article--the first in a series of instructional articles on pen-and-ink drawing techniques--Arizona artist Ray K. Schmidt explains how he renders his drawings of the southwestern landscape, using ink on textured watercolor paper.

DEPARTMENTS:
FOOTNOTES.
LETTERS.
ART MART.
EXHIBITS.
PROFESSIONAL PAGE by Juno Jevnikiar.
CASUAL COMMENTARY.
PSYCHOLOGY OF ART by Betty Kronsky.
TECHNICAL PAGE by Prof. Clifford T. Chieffo.
HOLIDAY BOOKS.
HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE.
COMING IN JANUARY.
BULLETIN BOARD.
INDEX TO ADVERTISING.
INDEX TO 1984 ARTICLES.
PEOPLE, PLACES, & EVENTS.

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