American Artist Artist magazine of largest circulation. Artist profiles/interviews include multiple photos and reproductions over multiple pages, PLUS: Illustrations, technical features, columns, vintage ads and MORE --Exclusive MORE MAGAZINES detailed content description, below! Issue Date: JULY 1983; VOLUME 47, ISSUE 492 IN THIS ISSUE:- This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. FRONT COVER: Easel Painting, by SONDRA FRECKELTON, 1982, 31 x 27. Photo by Nancy Lloyd. Courtesy Brooke Alexander, Inc., New York, New York. FEATURES: THE PASTEL PORTRAITS OF DEE TOSCANO by Mary Carroll Nelson. This successful, award-winning Colorado artist creates pastel portraits of people from around the world. Here she discusses how she developed her talent through correspondence courses while raising her children, and she gives a step-by-step demonstration. THE WATERCOLOR PAGE: SONDRA FRECKELTON This New York artist believes that "careful observation and understanding of one's subject matter can lead to a clearer, more engrossing visual interpretation." Here she gives a detailed description of her procedure in painting her still lifes of flowers and vegetables. In this article, the California artist shares her procedure for creating her sensitive watercolors of flowers and children and discusses her life with her famous artist husband, Rex Brandt. JOAN IRVING: PAINTING WHAT COMES NATURALLY by Janice Lovoos. In this article, the California Artist shares her procedure for creating her sensitive watercolors of flowers and children and discusses her life with her famous artist husband, Rex Brandt. INFLUENCES OF OTHER ARTISTS by Richard Treasler. This Ohio artist describes the ways artists from other historic periods can influence the development of contemporary painting. Treaster shows how Thomas Eakins and Varmeer have influenced the development of his own egg tempera figures and watercolor still lifes. JAMES BAMA by Alice Meister. One of the most successful western artists working today, Bama creates strikingly realistic oil paintings of Native Americans and cowboys. He describes the development of his career--from his early clays as a New York City illustrator to his ultimate move to Wyoming. A HERITAGE RENEWED: REPRESENTATIONAL DRAWING TODAY by Phyllis PIous. The author, a curator at the University Art Museum in Santa Barbara, California, describes a major traveling exhibition of confemporary drawings which she organized. This important show includes works by such artists as Martha Mayer Erlebacher, lady Mussoff, Alfred Leslie, Gregory Paquette, Robert Longo, Robert Cottingham, David Ligare, Rackstraw Downes, and R. B. Kitaj. DEPARTMENTS: LOOKING AT PAINTINGS with Hilton Brown. PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTS. FOOTNOTES. LETTERS. ART MART. COLORFULLY SPEAKING by Jean Bourges. PROFESSIONAL PAGE by Juno Jevnikcar. TECHNICAL PAGE by Prof. Clifford T. Chieffo. COUNSEL ON THE ARTS by Martin Bressler. EXHIBIT LISTINGS. ART BOOKS. QUICK TIPS. BULLETIN BOARD. COMING IN AUGUST. INDEX TO ADVERTISING. This description copyright Edward D Peyton. Any un-authorized use of this description is strictly prohibited. Magazine is COMPLETE and in VERY GOOD +++ condition. (See photo)