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No Crisis Here, Look Elsewhere

I roll my eyes every time I hear about representational art and realism being "imperiled," because there are so many important representational artists painting right now. It's almost offensive how people think legitimacy comes with the...

Published 17 Oct 2012 12:28 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, still life, Oil Painting, Art
Behind Every Good Painting Is a Good Still Life

The Sensorium by Walton Ford, 2003, watercolor, gouache, pencil and ink on paper, 152.9 x 302.3 cm. Yes, that is a complete exaggeration. But my point is that a lot of times in the art world people tend to silo or separate genres of painting to such an...

Published 8 Apr 2012 10:26 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, watercolor painting, still life, Art
A Fresh Foray with New Artists

I get excited and a bit chagrined whenever I discover oil painters of the past that I've never heard of. I realize that I'm no walking encyclopedia, yet I like to think I've got sound footing in oil painting . But the history of fine art oil...

Published 10 Jan 2012 10:15 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: landscape painting, Portrait Painting, still life, Oil Painting, Art
Make the Sun, Sand, and Sea Your Studio!

This December, Signilar —the maker of top notch art instruction videos—is hosting a painting workshop led by portrait artist Judith Carducci in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. To gush just a lil' bit, this seems like an amazing opportunity...

Published 20 Oct 2011 1:32 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, Art
Learning How to Let Inspiration Come to Me

Slicker by Mary Whyte, watercolor painting, 18 1/2 x 18. I went through a phase when I thought I could control everything--where my career was headed, how my relationships were going to turn out, and what kind of life I was going to have. Ah, I crack...

Published 4 Oct 2011 10:07 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: landscape painting, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, watercolor painting, Art
Okay, okay! You win! Here’s your Free eBook on Plein Air Painting

Point Lobos , oil, 12 x 16. All works by Matt Smith . Have you ever had a moment where you’ve stumbled on something unexpected and you think to yourself, “What a find!” That was so me a few days ago. I read an amazing Q&A that one...

Published 10 Apr 2011 10:47 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: plein air, How To Paint, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, painting water, Artist Daily, Oil Painting, Drawing Basics
Learn the Latest Tips in Our Free Portrait Painting eBook

Trying to capture the likeness of a person in a finite period of time and meeting the high expectations often associated with portraiture are far from effortless tasks. They take commitment and savvy to do well. Our eBook Oil Painting Lessons on How to Paint a Portrait: 15 Portrait Painting Techniques from Artist Daily is a guide to portrait artist John Howard Sanden’s process. Sanden unpacks the development of a portrait into a series of sequential steps that allows an artist to feel assured about what he or she is doing when painting oil portraits.
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Published 9 Jan 2011 10:44 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: How To Paint, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, still life, Oil Painting
Taking Advantage of Free Instruction

I recently joined a gym in my neighborhood, with the hopes of working off some of those extra holiday pounds that seem to wear out their welcome around this time every year. My schedule is pretty busy, so I try to streamline my visits, making a beeline...

Published 15 Feb 2010 6:00 AM by Brian Riley

Filed under: Drawing, plein air, how to draw, How To Paint, landscape painting, Portrait Painting, Artist Daily, still life, Oil Painting, How to Draw People, Drawing Basics, Landscape Drawing, Art

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