Today I’m going to show you how can make your own pochade box out of a cigar box just like the old impressionist masters. Best of all, the total cost of making this little pochade box should be about $12.00.
Year: 2010
In a still life painting, every object’s color is affected by the colors of the objects around them. . . but white objects are affected more than most, which can make them very difficult to paint.
Monday in Video Tutorials – Tomorrow, oil painter Craig Nelson will demonstrate how objects that are “white” in a painting...
Boy, struggling for proficiency in art is one uphill climb! I’ve studied plenty of articles that stress the “miles and miles” of painting needed for technical skills to develop, and to gain an eye for color and value - crucial things for a painter, obviously.
I’m a problem solver. . . If a basically good painting has not found an owner within a year, I like to take it home for an evaluation and some reworking. Some of you might gasp at the thought of taking an unsold painting out of the gallery
Canadian artist Sharlena Wood shows her passion for art not only by creating it, but also by teaching and entertaining through it. When not creating “gutsy and beautiful” mixed media works, she is an educator for Tri-Art Acrylics and a savvy business women with her own interactive art entertainment company
Artists who choose to use a free blogging platform for their art blogs often pick Blogger.com, and for good reason: it takes less than 60 minutes to set up your blog, provided you’ve already designed your banner and written your first post.
Every watercolor painter should know how to properly apply color washes to their paper. In the following video, Susan Bourdet shows the entire process, starting with a preliminary drawing that has already been protected with masking fluid
Monday in Video Tutorials – Tomorrow, Susan Bourdet shows us how she begins a watercolor painting by applying a wet-into-wet...
Today I had the honor of interviewing Julie Haymaker Thompson. Like many artists, Julie grew up with a dream to become an artist - but not just any artist. Her goal was to work with Hallmark Cards, so even while in high school she began preparing for just such a career
20×200 is an online gallery which features affordable art prints from a variety of talented artists and photographers. Two new prints are posted weekly (one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday) and each one is produced as a limited edition
Do you find yourself searching for beauty, or does it call to you? Malcolm Ludvigsen is an artist drawn to painting the beauty in simple landscapes. . . his work reflects the beauty that is all around us which often goes unnoticed.