Doherty - Steve Doherty's Blog

Why Paint Quality Matters

I recently took an unsold painting out of its frame so that I could reuse the metal leaf frame, and as I studied the oil landscape I realized why it wasn’t successful. The surface of the canvas was uniformly thin and flat, and there was nothing...

Published 6 Oct 2009 7:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, American Artist, Watercolor, Oil, Why Paint Quality Matters, underpainting, creating a painting, representational artists

Better Resources on Our New Site

Daniel J. Keys painting during a workshop at Weekend With the Masters. Last spring I looked at artwork posted in the Galleries section of our website and discovered the exceptional paintings posted by Daniel James Keys . I contacted the young California...

Published 28 Sep 2009 6:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, American Artist, Weekend With the Masters, Daniel J. Keys, Artist Daily, Daniel J. Keys. Weekend With the Masters, workshop

Presentations That Help Sell Artwork

I recently attended the opening of an exhibition of artwork by a group of artists, and the display raised questions in my mind about the impact of presentation on sales and career development. The exhibition was a temporary display in a community center...

Published 21 Sep 2009 6:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, Drawing, Art Marketing, Presentations that Help Sell Artwork, sketches, plein air

The Artist We Love to Hate

Although most of the recent news about Thomas Kinkade has concerned the disagreements between his company, former employees, franchised gallery owners, and the FBI (detailed in articles in the San Francisco Chronicle and in the Los Angeles Times ), it...

Published 14 Sep 2009 4:00 AM by Brian Riley

Filed under: Doherty, Thomas Kinkade, The Artist We Love to Hate, sketches, plein air, fine art, James Gurney

Behind the Scenes: Artists' Studios

My office is also a conference room on the third floor of a building on 46th Street in Midtown New York City. The desk and file cabinets are pushed against the east wall of what was once a library, and a large conference table and eight chairs are arranged...

Published 7 Sep 2009 6:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, American Artist, Oil, Studios, plein air, Claudia Seymour

Artists on the Front Line of Marketing

I frequently commission articles on exceptional artists who sell their original artwork through outdoor shows. I do that for two particular reasons: One is that those artists are, of necessity, well organized and able to deliver requested photographs...

Published 31 Aug 2009 6:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, American Artist, Drawing, Art Marketing, Artists on the Front Line of Marketing, Robin Frisella, painting technique

Is Sargent the Greatest Art Teacher?

I recently traveled to Boston to see the blockbuster exhibition of paintings by the great 16th-century Venetian painters Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese that I wrote about several months ago in this blog post . While I was in the Museum of Fine Arts...

Published 24 Aug 2009 5:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, American Artist, Watercolor, Oil, Drawing, John Singer Sargent, Nicolai Fechin, Edgar Payne, Pietro Annigoni

Drawing with Acrylics, Charcoal, Ink, & Conté

Most of the students attending workshops and art classes rely on the instructor’s list of recommended supplies when deciding what drawing and painting materials to use, so their resulting artwork usually looks quite similar. However, when artists...

Published 17 Aug 2009 5:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, Printmaking, Drawing, acrylic, Charcoal, Conte, Ink, fine art, General Pencil, kneaded eraser, draw

Document Your Career and Introducing American Artist School

Artists tend to focus on the future, not the past, but so much of their legacy depends on making the records of their creative work and careers available to scholars and artists

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Published 3 Aug 2009 5:00 AM by sdoherty

Filed under: Doherty, American Artist, Drawing, Document Your Career, American Artist School, American Art