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Charles Sovek

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Charles Sovek Artist and Author | Painting in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor and Gouache

I find Charles Sovek's paintings fascinating and inspiring. He has mastered the art of catching light and color directly from life in his paintings.

His website has a lot of useful information including lessons, articles that he has written for art magazines, his galleries of paintings etc.

Under Lessons from the Easel the Artist has provided free access to his book The Basics - which is based on his learning experiences from the 50's, he also has sections which are currently available only on the web where he takes you through steps on how to catch light in your paintings and lastly in learning how to "see" masterpieces, how to understand them. (click on the topics below to see the website)
The Basics - Massing-in, warms and cools, edges and patterns were but a few concepts of the litany of procedures...
Painting Anything Under the Sun - catching light is what makes a painter's world go around...
Why This Painting Works - It's one thing to look at a masterpiece and another to really see it....

You will find equally important and useful information in the articles that have been printed in various publications.

This is a painter whose work you must have a look at. You will enjoy the experience immensely.

I am currently working on exercises from his book "Oil Painting - Developing your Natural Ability". His book "Catching Light in your Paintings" is available in our Library.

Update: July 9, 2007: Charles Sovek passed away unexpectedly on June 8, 2007. I will not be exaggerating when I say that he was a very generous soul and made available a lot of information for free for the student artists on his website. I have been a big fan for the last few years and will miss his friendly presence.
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  1. Anonymous8:10 AM, July 03, 2007

    As far as I'm concerned no one will ever take the place of Charles Sovek as the artist of today's ideas and talent. I have greatly admired this man and his work for many years.
    There will always be an emptiness in my heart when I think of the loss and the pleasure he gave to all those who wanted to learn art.

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  2. BUDDY GUMPPER3:30 AM, August 22, 2007

    Chuck and I shared a studio in Westport, Ct in the 70's. We both did design and illustrations and Chuck also did gallery paintings. He gave us a painting as a wedding gift and we love it. Sorry to hear of his passing.

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