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"Greatness Is Determined by Service"

I hesitate to admit that some of my education these days is derived from Facebook, thanks to those seemingly endless placards with quotes that people are always posting: "I think it's weird how some days I feel skinny and some days I feel like...

Published 30 Oct 2012 1:45 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, painting, how to paint, Art
Money and Fame May Not Be Enough

What is success? Be honest with yourself. Do you truly believe that a successful person is defined by the car he drives, the title after her name, or their number of Twitter followers? Life is bigger, wider, deeper than what you can fit into a shoebox...

Published 23 Oct 2012 12:31 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, painting, how to paint, Art
Frustration Isn't Always a Bad Thing

"Frustration isn't always such a bad thing. It's a sign that you're trying something new, different, or outside your level of familiarity, and in working your way through it (and you will) you conquer this challenge and move on to the...

Published 16 Oct 2012 1:08 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, painting, how to paint, Art
Reconnect with Your Passion

The loss of an artist and teacher from childhood has caused me to reflect upon not only her life and work, but also those lessons that she taught me. The myriad distractions of daily life, from the constant need to earn money for survival to the many...

Published 9 Oct 2012 12:31 AM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: oil painting, painting, how to paint, Art
They Appreciate First-Rate Art

I'm so excited to tell you about the opening night for the Contemporary American Realism exhibit at the Beijing World Art Museum . We were all blown away by the scale of the presentation, the press core, the ceremony, and the huge crowd. This has...

Published 2 Oct 2012 2:05 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Art, Artist Daily
It Makes Me See Red

"The last mad throb of red just as it turns green; the ultimate shriek of orange calling all the blues of heaven for relief and support...each color almost regains the fun it must have felt within itself on forming the first rainbow." --Charles...

Published 2 Oct 2012 3:57 AM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: oil painting, Art
How to Let Flashes of Inspiration Come

Swimming in the ocean of life, so to speak, it sometimes feels as though we must use every bit of energy to keep our heads above the waves. Over many years we have developed some techniques that help us to shed the heavy seaweed and barnacles of the daily...

Published 25 Sep 2012 12:41 AM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: oil painting, sketching, Drawing Basics, Art
Hello From Beijing!

Do you remember my post on the insanity and sheer wrongness surrounding the fact that the Chinese people have never seen contemporary American paintings before? Well, we are doing something about it with the opening of the historic exhibit, "Contemporary...

Published 20 Sep 2012 3:00 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: how to paint, Art, Artist Daily
Your Website--Keeping It Up to Date

There's a lot of work to getting an artist website up and running , and once it's done, take some time to pat yourself on the back and indulge in a flavored coffee with lots of whipped cream. But after you're done, it's time to wash the...

Published 11 Sep 2012 12:54 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Art
Entering an Art Show: Following the Submission Process Is Important, Too

Following the submission process, exactly, when you send your portfolio to a gallery is crucial, be it emailing your website or sending off a package for consideration. The same attention to detail applies when you enter an art show or group oil painting...

Published 4 Sep 2012 12:40 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, Art
When Less Is More: Dying Dog Edition

I'm fascinated by the concept of "less is more," especially as it applies to representational painting. It's hardly intuitive that having less detail makes a painting more realistic, but that's often the case. We've all been...

Published 30 Aug 2012 12:03 AM by Austin R. Williams

Filed under: oil painting, Drawing Basics, Art
Gallery Submission Process--What Following It Exactly Means

My kids accuse me of saying obvious things, along the lines of, "The car won't get you there if you don't put gas in it," or "Your clothes won't be ready to wear tomorrow if you keep them in the washing machine." But I...

Published 28 Aug 2012 12:17 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Art
Your Online Portfolio--What Not to Do with It

Your website can be a terrific online portfolio . But there are definitely ways to not use your website when marketing art. An initial temptation for many artists is to find as many gallery e-mail addresses as they can and send out their website information...

Published 21 Aug 2012 2:35 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, Art, Art Business
What a Website Is, and What It Isn't

First and foremost, a website is an online portfolio of you, your background, and your fine art painting or other artwork. Years ago, artists spent copious time and bundles of money making slides of their work and 8 x 10 prints that they tucked into a...

Published 14 Aug 2012 2:12 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: painting, how to paint, Art
The Kitsch Alternative

The influential art critic Clement Greenberg (1909-1994) often cited the derisive term kitsch to critique artwork that, in his mind, failed to live up to the tenets of the modernist movement. His theories privileged formalist nonobjective abstraction...

Published 9 Aug 2012 12:38 AM by Michael Gormley

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, painting, how to paint, Art, Artist Daily

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