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Diagonal Parking for Those Who Can’t Parallel Park

Okay, I'm going to share with you my dirty little secret: I can't parallel park a car. Well, I can parallel park a car as long as I've got three blank spaces, in a pinch two, and it helps that I drive a Honda Fit. But for the most part I'm...

Published 9 Apr 2013 12:49 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Figure Drawing, How to Draw People, Art, Drawing Basics
Introverts Are Actually Normal

I've been reading Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking , and if you're an artist, and you're kind of quiet, and you think that you're a misanthropic hermit because you enjoy fine art painting...

Published 20 Sep 2012 12:07 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Art
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Moves to Chelsea

The influx of artistic institutions moving into the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City continues with the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery prepared to make the leap. After showcasing groundbreaking oil painting work and other art pieces for the past 23 years...

Published 24 Jul 2012 3:45 PM by James Duncan

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Oil Painting, Art, street art
Get Really Close--No One's Going to Call Security

What was that beautiful work I saw at the Met? Which room was Sargent's portrait painting , Madame X , in? I loved that Renoir but didn't have time to go back and spend a little more time with that work and that work alone. How do I answer these...

Published 6 Jun 2012 10:45 PM by bberlin

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Art Business, Art, street art, Artist Daily
Push Away the Voice of Your Inner Critic

I feel so inundated with ideas from every single photo reference around me right now. Sometimes I am super inspired by them, but sometimes they make me want to put my paintbrush down because I get so overwhelmed by all the ways I can start painting from...

Published 24 May 2012 1:54 PM by ShenShen210

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Mixed Media, Photo Reference, Art, Drawing Basics
Man's Best Friend Is Art's Best Friend Too?

We have always felt that as plein air painters we are observers of the landscape—recording moments and places that can rapidly transform with fleeting changes of light. In a pure landscape, figures and animals are rendered small and insignificant...

Published 12 Mar 2012 11:44 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: how to paint, plein air, Painting, Still Life, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Pastel, Art
Is White Really a Color?

There are differing opinions among color theory purists whether white should be considered a color at all, since it represents the absence of hue or chroma, and cannot be made from the three primaries, as black theoretically can be. It's not usually...

Published 27 Feb 2012 10:04 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Oil Painting, Color
What's the Wisp?!

Elton , 11 x 14, mixed media on gesso board, 2011. Yesterday was an interesting day for me. I thought I was near finished with a painting I had been working on for over three months, but when I sent it over to my agent in New York, who I call my third...

Published 6 Feb 2012 10:25 PM by ShenShen210

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Watercolor Painting, Mixed Media, Photo Reference, Art, Drawing Basics
Ah, Vacation.....Time for More Painting!

I put aside my oil painting work to take up a sketchbook and watercolors to capture the sights and sounds around me during my trip . If you are a painter, you know that sometimes the best thing to do is get away from it all...and do more painting. I was...

Published 9 Aug 2011 9:07 AM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: how to paint, plein air, Painting, Watercolor Painting, Oil Painting, Figure Painting, Art
May I Introduce Scott Waddell?

The Den by Scott Waddell, oil painting, 20 x 16. Scott Waddell: Weekend With the Masters Instructor Scott Waddell was born and raised in Central Florida. He received his B.F.A. from Florida State University. After college, Waddell spent the next several...

Published 1 May 2011 1:15 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Color, Art, street art
May I Introduce Quang Ho?

Quang Ho at his easel. Quang Ho: Weekend With the Masters Instructor Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hue, Vietnam. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 and is now a U.S. citizen. His artistic interest began at the early age of 3 and continued...

Published 30 Apr 2011 11:16 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Still Life, Pastel, Art
May I Introduce C.W. Mundy?

Morro Bay Rock, Near Cambria by C.W. Mundy, oil painting on linen, 16 x 20. C.W. Mundy: Weekend With the Masters Instructor C.W. Mundy, an American impressionist, was born in 1945 and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated with a B.F.A. from Ball...

Published 30 Apr 2011 10:49 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, plein air, Painting, Still Life, Oil Painting, Art, Artist Daily

Diagonal Parking for Those Who Can’t Parallel Park

Okay, I'm going to share with you my dirty little secret: I can't parallel park a car. Well, I can parallel park a car as long as I've got three blank spaces, in a pinch two, and it helps that I drive a Honda Fit. But for the most part I'm...

Published 9 Apr 2013 12:49 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Figure Drawing, How to Draw People, Art, Drawing Basics
Introverts Are Actually Normal

I've been reading Susan Cain's Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking , and if you're an artist, and you're kind of quiet, and you think that you're a misanthropic hermit because you enjoy fine art painting...

Published 20 Sep 2012 12:07 AM by Carolyn Henderson

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Art
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery Moves to Chelsea

The influx of artistic institutions moving into the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City continues with the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery prepared to make the leap. After showcasing groundbreaking oil painting work and other art pieces for the past 23 years...

Published 24 Jul 2012 3:45 PM by James Duncan

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Oil Painting, Art, street art
Get Really Close--No One's Going to Call Security

What was that beautiful work I saw at the Met? Which room was Sargent's portrait painting , Madame X , in? I loved that Renoir but didn't have time to go back and spend a little more time with that work and that work alone. How do I answer these...

Published 6 Jun 2012 10:45 PM by bberlin

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Art Business, Art, street art, Artist Daily
Push Away the Voice of Your Inner Critic

I feel so inundated with ideas from every single photo reference around me right now. Sometimes I am super inspired by them, but sometimes they make me want to put my paintbrush down because I get so overwhelmed by all the ways I can start painting from...

Published 24 May 2012 1:54 PM by ShenShen210

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Mixed Media, Photo Reference, Art, Drawing Basics
Man's Best Friend Is Art's Best Friend Too?

We have always felt that as plein air painters we are observers of the landscape—recording moments and places that can rapidly transform with fleeting changes of light. In a pure landscape, figures and animals are rendered small and insignificant...

Published 12 Mar 2012 11:44 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: how to paint, plein air, Painting, Still Life, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Pastel, Art
Is White Really a Color?

There are differing opinions among color theory purists whether white should be considered a color at all, since it represents the absence of hue or chroma, and cannot be made from the three primaries, as black theoretically can be. It's not usually...

Published 27 Feb 2012 10:04 PM by johnandann@theartistsroad

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Oil Painting, Color
What's the Wisp?!

Elton , 11 x 14, mixed media on gesso board, 2011. Yesterday was an interesting day for me. I thought I was near finished with a painting I had been working on for over three months, but when I sent it over to my agent in New York, who I call my third...

Published 6 Feb 2012 10:25 PM by ShenShen210

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Watercolor Painting, Mixed Media, Photo Reference, Art, Drawing Basics
Ah, Vacation.....Time for More Painting!

I put aside my oil painting work to take up a sketchbook and watercolors to capture the sights and sounds around me during my trip . If you are a painter, you know that sometimes the best thing to do is get away from it all...and do more painting. I was...

Published 9 Aug 2011 9:07 AM by Patricia Watwood

Filed under: how to paint, plein air, Painting, Watercolor Painting, Oil Painting, Figure Painting, Art
May I Introduce Scott Waddell?

The Den by Scott Waddell, oil painting, 20 x 16. Scott Waddell: Weekend With the Masters Instructor Scott Waddell was born and raised in Central Florida. He received his B.F.A. from Florida State University. After college, Waddell spent the next several...

Published 1 May 2011 1:15 AM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Color, Art, street art
May I Introduce Quang Ho?

Quang Ho at his easel. Quang Ho: Weekend With the Masters Instructor Quang Ho was born on April 30, 1963, in Hue, Vietnam. He immigrated to the United States in 1975 and is now a U.S. citizen. His artistic interest began at the early age of 3 and continued...

Published 30 Apr 2011 11:16 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, Painting, Still Life, Pastel, Art
May I Introduce C.W. Mundy?

Morro Bay Rock, Near Cambria by C.W. Mundy, oil painting on linen, 16 x 20. C.W. Mundy: Weekend With the Masters Instructor C.W. Mundy, an American impressionist, was born in 1945 and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated with a B.F.A. from Ball...

Published 30 Apr 2011 10:49 PM by Courtney Jordan

Filed under: how to paint, plein air, Painting, Still Life, Oil Painting, Art, Artist Daily

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