For nearly two decades, Nashville-based artist Adam Hall has honed his unique style of landscape paintings. Take a look at...
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Hello, fellow artists! If you’re like me, you probably have your own working methods that you’ve developed over the years....
As a young child growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentica, Valeria Feliú always knew she wanted to be an artist—and whether it was drawing, painting, ceramics, or photography, Valeria never stopped creating. After getting her degree in Visual Communications and living for a time in Sydney, Australia (where she worked in...
You’re probably reading this post because you’ve decided you want to learn to paint with oil paints, but aren’t sure...
I recently received the following question from a loyal EmptyEasel reader who is also an oil painter: I have been...
In 2012 I was sent to cover homeland military operations at Maguire Air Force Base in New Jersey as part of the Air Force Arts Program. The AFAP is a government sponsored program designed to document military derring-do through works of art. The artist is paid a Colonel’s hourly rate...
Many so-called “rules” of art are more suggestions than rules. It’s helpful to know what they are, but you don’t...
In late 2017, The Society of Illustrators in New York featured an open-call for their members to create artwork on the...
Nicaraguan-born painter Lola Stanton is known for her fantastic florals, still life paintings, and portraits—and she infuses all of them with themes and elements that express her Latina heritage. In her recent series of portraits entitled “Latino Youth,” for example, Lola used the gorgeous architecture and scenery of Central America...
Do you mix your own black oil paint, or use a black paint straight out of the tube? It’s certainly...
As a poet and painter, Juduth Skillman’s abstract, expressionist landscapes are more than just a representation of a specific place...
When I began learning the Flemish method of oil painting, I sure had a lot of questions! Since I’m not unique in that, I wanted to share some of my questions—and the answers I eventually discovered—with you. First of all, let’s do a quick recap. There are seven steps in...