Some artists boast about how they were born to create and have never lived without a paintbrush or pencil in hand. Mark McCullen, however, didn’t discover his talents and love of art until later in life
Year: 2010
Every so often (a few times a year, perhaps) someone will write me a nasty email accusing me of being a greedy money-grubber because of who I allow - or who I don't allow - to advertise on EmptyEasel
It's easy to get tunnel-vision when you're working on a painting, especially when you're heading towards the finish line and the end is in sight. But before you call a painting "good" and walk away
Monday in Video Tutorials – At some point in every painting it’s important to step back and evaluate the composition,...
Does it matter what you name your image JPGs? Absolutely! Naming your image files appropriately will allow them to be processed by a variety of different computer operating systems, and will also help art directors know who the art belongs to
Have you ever visited an art blog and asked yourself, "Who owns this blog?" Did reading the bio in the sidebar still leave you with no clue as to who the blogger was or what he did? Then this article is for you!
As the sun moves across the sky, it casts shadows and illuminates objects differently than earlier in the day. No one notices this more than an artist painting en plein air. Oil painter, Larry DeGraff is one artist that attempts to capture that fleeting light.
Pencils are just one of the many mediums in which artists communicate. They are also the most basic of mediums. They are easy to control and use and usually set the foundation for your artwork - remember outlines?
Drawing and painting negative spaces (i.e., not just the outline of an object, but the spaces between objects) is an important technique for artists to learn. In the following video, Craig Nelson demonstrates
Monday in Video Tutorials – Craig Nelson demonstrates why he likes to use an “egbert” (a long filbert brush) to...
I had driven past Normal, Illinois many times before. Hell, half the country has—it’s at the crossroads of I-55 and...
Matt LeBlanc is an abstract artist on a mission. When his art began to sell, he decided to take a stand against cancer and founded the Matt LeBlanc Art For Life Campaign. Today we've caught up with Matt to discuss the ins and out of marketing one's art and reaching success.