Monday in Video Tutorials – Tomorrow I’ll be posting a quick little video clip on painting fur, by watercolor painter...
Year: 2010
Most artists realize they need more exposure for their art if they want more sales. So they begin to promote...
Stephanie Corfee had a successful career creating “dry” yet beautiful designs for banks, builders and restaurants; but despite it being a living, she always longed to do more with her art
Poetry is the art of rhythmical composition - written or spoken - which explores beautiful, imaginative, and elevated thoughts. I think this also describes the lovely floral oil paintings of Diane Hoeptner.
Let me ask you a question. What put you on the path of creating? I’d bet that once upon a time you created something of significance. It might have been a drawing, painting, a photograph or some handmade jewelry. Whatever it was, it was good!
In today’s video, watercolor painter Barbara Nechis demonstrates how to paint flowers using a wet-into-wet method. As you’ll see in the clip below, she starts by thoroughly (yet carefully) re-wetting her paper
Monday in Video Tutorials – Tomorrow, Barbara Nechis will demonstrate some of the ways you can use watercolors (and lots...
Taking good pictures of your artwork can be quite challenging. Even if you've gotten a handle on basic photography techniques, you can't always avoid things like lens distortion. Here's how to fix lens distortion in just a few minutes using GIMP
It takes a lot of work to attract visitors to your art blog, but only a few weeks of not posting to lose them forever. That's why if you’re hoping to use your blog to increase your art sales or make connections, it’s important that you keep a regular posting schedule
There are many people that enjoy creating, but we all do it at different levels of commitment. Robin Mitchell is one artist truly devoted to creating beautiful oil paintings - on a daily basis
I believe that there are seven habits, or traits, which artists need in order to become highly effective and successful. Let's start with the most important one: being passionate about your art
Painting a distant figure inside of a landscape (or any scene) is an entirely different task than painting a portrait. Not only is the person much smaller, making it harder to add details, but the focus of the painting