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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
Beware of Falling in Love

Painting is an act of creativity and intention, but it sometimes, many times, includes acts of destruction large and small. It may be that the one skill that separates the dedicated professional artist from the amateur is the willingness to destroy, obliterate...

Published 18 Sep 2012 12:22 AM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: oil painting, painting, how to paint
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
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
Simple, Solid Shapes of Color

Greetings everyone, Hello from Incamminati in the fine city of Philadelphia! A few days ago marked the fourth day of the Intensive Workshop being led by oil painter Lea Colie Wight , one of the senior Incamminati instructors, and a rising star in the...

Published 2 Aug 2012 2:41 PM by robindawnfrey

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Art
Making Money with Your Art

It's not an unreal aspiration to make money by selling your oil painting artwork or watercolors, but it will take a significant amount of work in two areas: 1) Your art. While it is possible to make money off of art that isn't particularly good...

Published 31 Jul 2012 1:06 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Art, Art Business
Do I Have to Be a Fulltime Artist to Be a Real Artist?

Given what we've discussed in the last two articles, Am I an Artist? and Am I a Real Artist ? Not to mention Part-Time Artists Are Artists, Too --you probably have a pretty good idea of what my answer to this one will be, but let's talk about...

Published 24 Jul 2012 12:36 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, 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
The Question That Never Goes Away

"Am I an Artist?" I can't help but wonder how many nuclear physicists get up out of bed each morning and ask themselves whether they are nuclear physicists. Granted, if one is a nuclear physicist, one has concrete evidence of the fact--education...

Published 10 Jul 2012 3:10 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, Drawing Basics, Art
The Self Taught Artist – Who Isn’t?

Some artists make a big deal out of being self taught, but truth of the matter is, all artists are self taught. The difference between the two is encapsulated in two questions: Are you learning oil painting for example only from yourself, just from what...

Published 11 Jun 2012 10:26 PM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: oil painting, how to paint, Art

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