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May I Introduce Jeffrey Watts?

Jeffrey Watts: Weekend with the Masters art instructor Jeffrey R. Watts is a southern California native. Growing up in rural San Diego county with an artist father, Watts demonstrated an early aptitude for the visual arts. After an injury cut short his...

Published 28 Jul 2012 4:25 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
May I Introduce Jennifer McChristian?

Jennifer McChristian: Weekend with the Masters art instructor Jennifer McChristian was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. In 1986 she and her family took permanent residence in Los Angeles. In 1990 she earned a B.F.A with honors from Otis Parsons Art...

Published 28 Jul 2012 4:20 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, figure drawing, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
May I Introduce Michael Klein?

Michael Klein: Weekend with the Masters art instructor Karina's Rose by Michael Klein, oil painting. Michael Klein is a young artist in the NovoRealist movement (new realism), creating melancholic oil painting art that has a distinct and haunting...

Published 28 Jul 2012 4:12 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Oil Painting, Art, street art
May I Introduce Ken Backhaus?

Ken Backhaus: Weekend with the Masters art instructor Kenn Backhaus was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and spent much of his childhood on the family farm near Burnett, Wisconsin. His fondness for nature became the catalyst for his art. Backhaus' parents...

Published 28 Jul 2012 3:58 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, Oil Painting, Art
May I Introduce Ken Auster?

Ken Auster: Weekend with the Masters Instructor Clearing Skies by Ken Auster, oil painting. Ken Auster grew up with his feet deeply implanted in the sands of Southern California beaches. Caught up in the surfing culture of the 1960s, Auster ate, slept...

Published 28 Jul 2012 3:48 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Oil Painting, Art
The Long, Hot Summer

The light of summer is a powerful and extreme thing. Getting effects of extreme darks and stark, searing lights is not something every painter can do. There's an acuteness of vision that must come into play to see the color that resides in the light...

Published 16 Jul 2012 12:22 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: Drawing, plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Pastel, Landscape Drawing, Art
It's a Sensitive Subject

Topics and ideas that tend to strike a chord and spark debate are often that way because they are so subjective. In art, color is definitely one of those sensitive subjects because no two people see a color in exactly the same way, nor do painters always...

Published 9 Jul 2012 12:39 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, acrylic painting, Painting, Color, Art
Dawn, Day, Dusk, Darkness

Plein air artists are the first to tell you that you can go back to the same site over and over again during different times of day and it is like being in a whole other place. Light does that! It can turn a bright and sunny scene into a murky and mysterious...

Published 6 Jul 2012 12:52 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, watercolor painting
From the Window to the Wall

I've always wondered how an artist decides how to paint the background of an artwork. Did Sargent--who painted everything, even air, with volume and texture--employ certain painting techniques for this section of his works? Are there actual painting...

Published 29 Jun 2012 12:14 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Art
Finding Your Way Back

I've always been fascinated by artists who live during incredibly polarizing times, but somehow still seem to go their own way. Elmer Bischoff--ever heard of this oil painting artist? He stands out as an artist in the aftermath of World War II when...

Published 27 Jun 2012 12:17 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Painting, Art
AAA: Abstraction is an Asset to Your Art

Abstraction is a key part of how you paint or draw anything. It is seeing completely with the eye, and not allowing the brain to contextualize what we are seeing. But turning off the brain is no small task! I've found that painting with acrylics has...

Published 25 Jun 2012 12:42 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, landscape painting, acrylic painting, Art
Ahoy Matey! Your Free eBook on Painting Water Has Arrived!

Being outdoors revitalizes us in a number of ways. You can relax and laze away the day in the shade, climb the tallest peak in sight, or be awe-inspired by the waterways around you. Of late, I am definitely in the latter camp. A good friend of mine has...

Published 14 Jun 2012 10:11 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, landscape painting, painting water, Artist Daily
What Is Grisaille and Why Do We Care?

When I discovered grisaille oil painting I thought I'd gone to heaven. Learning how to oil paint is a lot of fun, but it is also just a lot . There is so much to deal with--getting your forms right, steering toward an interesting composition, brushwork...

Published 12 Jun 2012 10:48 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Portrait Painting, figure painting, Oil Painting, Art
Struggle, Overpaint, Layer, Sand, Soul-Search

When you can do something well, it can be difficult to set it aside or modify that skill for the good of your art. John Evans is an American artist who admits to battling the tendency to overwork his oil paintings, sliding between depiction and evocation...

Published 10 Jun 2012 10:57 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Plein Air Watercolor Survival Guide

When plein air painting , one of the most enjoyable and facile medias I've found to work with has to be watercolors. Hands down. The supplies are minimal, you can paint quickly and move from place to place making sketches of what catches your interest...

Published 5 Jun 2012 10:37 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, watercolor painting, Landscape Drawing

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