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Brush Strokes

Guenevere Schwien

Vibrant oil colors and my endless curiosity have

Guenevere Schwien kept me painting almost daily for over a dozen
is an award-winning years. I find a unique pleasure in visual stimuli and
photorealism artist. In feel compelled to capture it. All I have ever wanted

this article, she shares to do is make paintings for a living, and I intend
her journey as an artist to crack the code of just how to accomplish that.
and as a Toastmaster. In second grade, a water color artist visited my
class, giving us a demonstration and the opportunity
to try them. One thing the artist said, that I will
never forget, is, “I get to make pictures for a living.”

Ever since that day, this is what I have wanted to do,
make pictures for a living. I attended the Academy
of Art University in San Francisco, California, which
trained me in the tradition of painting from life in

a quick, loose, gestural style called, alla prima. The
school focused on the academic progression from
drawing to painting, and it wasn’t until my senior
year that we started to paint from photographs. I

fell in love with it. Being able to manipulate the
subject, edit the color, and adjust cropping, before
grabbing my brush, streamlined the process for

Still Life of Haribo Gummy Bears 3D Art

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