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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
Oil on Canvas: What I'm Up To

Study for Pandora , oil on canvas, 2010. All works by Patricia Watwood. For the past six months, I have been working away at a new series of figure paintings. Over the next weeks and months, I will tell you more about each of them, and the steps involved...

Published 8 Mar 2011 10:56 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, how to paint, Art
Oil Painting, Studio Practice, and More from New Blogger Patricia Watwood

Waiting for Supper , 18” x 35”, oil on canvas, 2010. All works by Patricia Watwood . Hello! I am delighted to begin this new venture with Artist Daily and start an ongoing conversation about my painting process and my thoughts on art. Most...

Published 22 Feb 2011 10:14 PM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, how to paint, Art, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Daniel E. Greene: Gleaning Inspiration From Formative Experiences

In the Fall 2007 issue of Workshop magazine, we presented Daniel E. Greene's approach to teaching drawing and painting in art-school classes, short-term workshops, and filmed programs. Here we reproduce the article from the November 2007 issue of...

Published 11 Sep 2008 6:29 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, still life, portrait painting, pastel, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art, Landscape Drawing, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Daniel E. Greene: Gleaning Inspiration From Formative Experiences

In an exhibition opening this month in New York City, Daniel E. Greene presents still-life and figure paintings inspired by the experiences and objects of his childhood. Those paintings allowed him to explore the themes of challenge, contrast, and competition...

Published 19 Aug 2008 11:45 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, still life, portrait painting, pastel, how to paint, Art, Landscape Drawing, Artist Daily
Susan Lyon's "Gold-Trimmed Shawl"

Watch a demonstration of Susan Lyon's figure painting in Gold-Trimmed Shawl. Lyon is one of the artist featured in the summer 2008 issue of Workshop magazine (1:29). Susan Lyon Posted to Artist Daily by Karyn on October 08, 2009 Click to Play | View...

Published 11 Aug 2008 9:24 AM by American Artist

Filed under: figure painting, how to paint, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Tree's Place Gallery Exhibition: Six Premier Landscape Artists

Six top artists combined observation, investigation, and invention to respond to the encompassing reality of the landscape. They will be exhibiting their sketches and studio paintings together for the first time this summer. by M. Stephen Doherty The...

Published 9 Apr 2008 5:45 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, plein air, still life, landscape painting, how to paint, sketching, Drawing Basics, Art, Landscape Drawing, street art, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Daniel Graves: Steward of Humanist Art

Many of the great teachers who trained Daniel Graves were featured in American Artist in the 1970s, while he and his students have been profiled in more recent issues. As the magazine celebrates its 70th anniversary, we examine the academic art education...

Published 9 Feb 2008 4:49 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, portrait painting, drawing, how to paint, Figure Drawing, shading, Drawing Basics, How to Draw People, Art, street art, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Cecilia Beaux's Legacy

An exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in Philadelphia, aims to present Cecilia Beaux for the great painter she was: one of the most accomplished among men and woman alike. by Lynne Moss Perricelli Self-Portrait 1894, oil, 25 x 20...

Published 8 Feb 2008 5:08 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, portrait painting, pastel, how to paint, Art, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Doug Higgins: Attracting the Viewer's Eye

Santa Fe artist Doug Higgins has many strategies for directing the viewer’s eye toward the center of interest and leading it around the painting. by Linda S. Price Painting at Smith Cove 2004, oil, 20 x 24. All artwork this article collection the...

Published 15 Oct 2007 5:10 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, plein air, portrait painting, how to paint, Perspective Drawing, Drawing Basics, Art, Landscape Drawing, street art
Oil Painting: Still-Life Portraits: The Book-Filled Art of Ephraim Rubenstein

This oil painter finds that his ongoing series of paintings depicting books allows him to venture into a number of themes—including self-portraiture. View an online exclusive gallery of Rubenstein's work. by William Chapman Sharpe The Great...

Published 13 Jun 2007 4:54 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, still life, portrait painting, how to paint, Drawing Basics, Art, street art, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Rose Frantzen's Figure Painting Tips

We explored Rose Frantzen's insightful approach to teaching figure painting in the spring 2007 issue of Workshop magazine. Here, we offer tips from the article. Helpful Hint: Evaluate Your Process Subjectively Frantzen uses several methods to judge...

Published 8 Apr 2007 7:00 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, how to paint, fantasy art
Oil Painting: GALLERY: Pauline Roche's Figure Paintings

We present more of Pauline Roche's figure paintings that capture contemporary viewers mesmerized by the genius of Old Master work in the May 2007 issue of American Artist . View an audio slideshow demonstration of Roche's still-life work Spring...

Published 13 Mar 2007 7:47 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, Art, Artist Daily
Oil Painting: Painting the Figure in the Landscape: The Basics

In the winter 2006 issue of Workshop , John A. Parks tackled what is arguably the most difficult subject matter: how to organize color to paint the nature of light. We present an excerpt from the article with Park's advice about the basic principles...

Published 25 Jan 2007 5:00 AM by American Artist

Filed under: oil painting, figure painting, plein air, Drawing Basics, Art
Oil Painting: Sean Cheetham: Using a "Mud Palette" to Achieve Harmony

To achieve accuracy and harmony in his alla prima figure paintings, Californian Sean Cheetham stresses drawing and a system of mixing colors based from “mud” mixtures, as he calls them, that govern shadows, midtones, and highlights. He recently...

Published 17 Nov 2006 11:42 AM by American Artist

Filed under: color, oil painting, figure painting, Drawing Basics, Art

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