Tuesday, May 26, 2020
By: Laura Westmoreland, Associate Educator for Adult & Community Programs
Paint pouring is an easy and high-impact technique for artists of any age or skill level. There are many professional-quality materials available for paint pouring, but this family-friendly introduction to the technique uses inexpensive and washable materials that you may have on-hand.
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By: Jessica Allen, guest blogger
Guest blogger Jessica Allen enjoys exploring the fields and forests of Pennsylvania with her artist-husband and their eleven-year-old son. A Sunday in early fall Jessica Allen attended a Brandywine River Museum of Art's...
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By: Tamanya Garza, Marketing and Social Media Specialist
At the Brandywine River Museum of Art, there are few things we love quite the way we love pirates. The subjects of some of N.C. Wyeth’s most famous paintings, pirates are a special and exciting part of our history and we look forward to celebrating them every fall.
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By: Tamanya Garza, Marketing and Social Media Specialist
One of the most exciting and fulfilling parts of working at the Brandywine River Museum of Art is getting to see the impact we have on the children who visit. Through our Education Department we get to see children rise through the ranks from wee little sprouts at our Read-Aloud programs, to...
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By: Christine B. Podmaniczky, Curator, N.C. Wyeth Collections and Historic Properties
Sometimes you come across something and all the puzzle pieces come together. Years ago, when compiling the complete catalogue of N. C. Wyeth’s work, I studied a painting titled The Lovers...
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By: Christine B. Podmaniczky, Curator, N.C. Wyeth Collections and Historic Properties
For a few months now, I’ve been fascinated with how World War I influenced the work of both N. C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth. Not too long ago, I visited a private collection to look closely at an extraordinary painting by N. C. Wyeth that raises interesting issues faced by many illustrators during...
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