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A Simple Productivity Tip from Da Vinci

Ever wondered where Da Vinci found the time to create all his masterpieces? Alongside his fine art painting he managed to dabble as a scientist, geologist, architect, mathematician, engineer, and anatomist with a bit of aeronautical design thrown in for...

Published 11 Dec 2012 2:43 PM by Will Kemp

Filed under: oil painting, painting, landscape painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
Why Are Brush Sizes as Confusing as a Currency Converter?

How does brush sizing work and where do you start? Have you every ordered some new brushes online, feeling pretty confident they'll be the perfect size for your latest oil on canvas creation? After all you spent all afternoon researching them. Only...

Published 4 Dec 2012 12:59 AM by Will Kemp

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
Is the Devil in the Detail?

How to let go of small brush addiction so your paintings can move on to become more gestural If you lost all of your brushes, which one would you miss the most? For me, it's a 12 year old Filbert bristle brush that has lost its shape, has unruly hairs...

Published 29 Nov 2012 12:41 AM by Will Kemp

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, sketching, Drawing Basics, Art
Words of a Winner

The winners of our Self-Portrait Cover Competition are featured in the September issue of American Artist, and they share advice about how to paint the figure and how to maintain a successful painting practice. When we asked David Tanner, the winner of...

Published 12 Jul 2012 2:06 AM by Austin R. Williams

Filed under: color, oil painting, plein air, still life, landscape painting, portrait painting, how to paint, Figure Drawing, Drawing Basics, Photo Reference, Art, Artist Daily
How Do You Pick the Right Workshop?

Whether or not you like to be around a lot of people is one thought to consider when you choose the right workshop for you. Descent into Bryce by Steve Henderson, 18 x 18, oil painting, also available as a limited edition signed print . Let's assume...

Published 23 Apr 2012 10:31 PM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
How I Built an Art Network in My Hometown

The Honorable Clarence Harmon, Mayor of St. Louis by Patricia Watwood, oil on canvas, 24 x 18, oval, 2002. Collection of St. Louis City Hall. Someone recently asked me what I did to get recognized and become part of the art scene in my hometown of St...

Published 12 Dec 2011 10:45 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, portrait painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, How to Draw People, Art
Abandon and Control: Robert Liberace's Contradiction in Oil Painting?

Oil painting demonstration by Robert Liberace. To listen to Robert Liberace talk during one of his demonstrations, sometimes, fleetingly, it sounds to me like there is an occasional contradiction. The most recent example I can point to is when he talked...

Published 11 Aug 2011 7:57 AM by judith St. Ledger - Roty

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, sketching, Figure Drawing, Drawing Basics, Art
Finishing My Oil Painting, Leaves of Grass

Notice the chalk lines drawn over the figure to assess and check the proportion and length of her limbs. I have finally finished my oil painting , Leaves of Grass , which I have blogged about previously. In all, the painting probably took nearly 2 months...

Published 2 Aug 2011 12:55 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, pastel, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
Painting Portraits with Personality, Mood, and Character

Portrait of Ginevra di Benci by Leonardo da Vinci, 1474-1476, oil painting on wood, 16.5 x 14.5. I've described the most important technical parts of my study of Da Vinci: line and anatomy . When I began to study how to paint, I opted not to follow...

Published 28 Jun 2011 1:32 PM by dmaidman

Filed under: oil painting, portrait painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
Building a Bridge to China with Oil Painting and Contemporary Realism

The ACOPAL show featured contemporary American Realist painting. Whenever I step inside the beautiful and historic National Arts Club, on Gramercy Park in Manhattan, I'm reminded of how long it has been a supportive home for American Realism. In May...

Published 15 Jun 2011 10:24 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art, Artist Daily
3 Ways to Assure You Are Always Growing as an Artist

Ellen Cooper’s In Defiance of Erebus won
the People’s Choice and First Place Award.

After participating in a panel discussion about career goals for artists at this year’s Portrait Society of America Conference I wanted to share a few more tips that I use to keep my art growing and evolving every day. Or at least, that’s what I’m striving for.
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Published 9 Jun 2011 12:03 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, still life, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
What I Get From Other Artists

Wilson uses the visual world as a lexicon of poetic images, as in his painting, Mary . In the 19th century, painters depicted modern life, embracing the “real” and eschewing narrative subjects and symbolism. Now, modern figure painters are...

Published 27 Apr 2011 1:24 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, portrait painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
Finding Meaning in the Details of My Painting

Sometimes in making a small study for a larger oil painting, an artist will sketch in certain areas very loosely. It's almost as if she says to herself, "and there's some other stuff that fills in this area of the composition, but I'll think about that later." With the set of small paintings I was doing recently, I wanted to push myself to answer those questions earlier, and allow myself more time to critically consider the elements I include, before committing to the time and scale of a large work.
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Published 18 Apr 2011 10:26 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, painting, plein air, still life, landscape painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Photo Reference, Art
How To Transfer a Study to a Large Canvas

Study for Leaves of Grass . All works by Patricia Watwood. With the image of a female figure reading in the summer grass in mind, I began to develop my oil painting , Leaves of Grass . I started with a preparatory drawing. I work with models and from...

Published 12 Apr 2011 10:49 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, pastel, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art
Faith in the Wilderness--How One Oil Painting Artist Stays Committed

Perhaps sometime over the last couple of years, you looked at your most recent drawing or oil painting and thought “Why am I doing this?” The economic recession has caused all of us to rethink our commitments and has given many artists reason to doubt that “making it” as a professional is a realistic goal. For most of us, sales and money in your pocket make you feel like a “real” artist, and give (maybe false) validation of one’s accomplishments at the easel.
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Published 15 Mar 2011 10:07 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art

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