Year: 2010

Dale Knaak: Alleyways in Acrylic Paint

Who knew that alleyways could be so beautiful? Today, Dale Knaak shows us the intriguing side of these often overlooked passages with his beautiful acrylic paintings. Currently living in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Dale has put his commercial art degree to good use

General Art Advice

14 Encouraging Tips for Acrylic Painters

Creativity doesn’t come easy. . . it takes hard work and patience to make good work great. Luckily, with time comes experience and lately I think I have discovered a few things that have helped me improve as a painter.

Video Tutorials

VIDEO: How to Reactivate or “Rewet” a Dried Watercolor Painting

In today's video, Jean Pederson shows how she “reactivates” dried watercolor paper after it’s been sitting for a while. This lets her pause in the middle of a painting, and then pick up right where she left off an hour, a day, or even weeks later.

Weekly Preview

This Week: 5/9 through 5/15

Monday in Video Tutorials – Tomorrow, watercolor painter Jean Pederson will demonstrate how to “reactivate” a painting after it dries,...

Art Marketing Tips

How to Add Facebook’s “Like” Button to Your Art Blog

Recently I added Facebook’s “Like” button to my Wordpress blog. As it turns out, adding the "Like" button to a Google Blogger blog is even easier. There’s just a single edit to be done! Here's a quick tutorial on how to do it

Artist Interviews

An Interview With Cathy Horner, Vintage Collage Artist

Cathy Horner has been designing vintage collages since 2007, when she happened upon Somerset Studios magazine and realized she could combine her love of vintage materials with her love of creating.

Watercolor Paintings

Angela Emsen-West: Richly Painted Watercolor Still Lifes

Sometimes what you see is not exactly what you get. . . and Angela Emsen-West’s images create that double-take. They seem like richly colored oil paintings, but in fact are actually created with watercolor.

Motivation

Looking A Little Closer: How to Find Beauty Every Day

Objects from nature, interesting patterns, and architectural details always attract my attention. Often the images are captured in unexpected places - along a busy street, in the yard or on a daily walk

Video Tutorials

How to Create Hard Edges in Watercolors Through Masking

In an abstract painting (as opposed to a realistic one) it's more important than ever to be conscious of design elements like line quality, texture, value contrast, and so on. For today's video tutorial, watercolor painter

Weekly Preview

This Week: 5/2 through 5/8

Monday in Video Tutorials – Tomorrow, John Salminen will be demonstrating his watercolor masking techniques while passing along several tips...

Motivation

The Biggest Social Networking Mistake That Artists Make Today

I will get straight to the point. The biggest social networking mistake artists make is . . . not social networking! (Or not doing it enough.) I often hear artists say that social networking is too time consuming. And I will admit, I used to

Art Marketing Tips

How To Back Up Your Art Blog

Once your art blog is up-and-running you’re probably going to put a lot of work into it - which you won't want to lose. That's why it’s important to take the time to back up your blog somewhere safe

How to Boost Art Sales in a Pandemic – An Inspiring, Practical Checklist!

4 Tips for Designing an Art Studio Space at Home

8 Things To Do When You’re Bored As An Artist

7 YouTube Art Channels that EVERY Artist will Enjoy

How to Paint Simple Mixed-media Birds

5 Simple Tips for Painting Ocean Waves & Water

Nostalgic, Color-soaked Paintings by Simon Miller

Gorgeous, Expressive Landscape Paintings by Sarah Jane Brown

Hand-etched Drypoint and Watercolor Prints by Richard Spare

Unleash your Creativity (Draw Anywhere!) with CLEAR Dry Erase Paint

Need a Better Way to Take Photos of Your Art? Try a Pop-up Photography Studio!

Introducing the Highly-Customizable Artist Cargo Sketchbook Organizer!

9 Things I Wish I’d Known as a Brand New Artist

Why is High-end Art So Outrageously Expensive?

What’s a Good Online Art Gallery Now That Vango is Gone?