There's really nothing quite like a deadline to get us in gear, am I right? I mean, when art is your passion but real life is your reality , sometimes it is hard to find ways to integrate studio time...
When my Norwegian Artist, Steve Henderson, gives an oil painting workshop, one of his favorite aspects -- as well as that of his students -- is when participants bring in their artwork for Steve to look...
Taking private lessons to learn how to paint is a wonderful thing, but if you feel you cannot afford them, an art consultation , in which you show another artist, a dealer, or an art appraiser your work...
Friends and family are wonderful, but when it comes to getting an honest, straightforward statement from them about what your fine art oil painting really, really looks like -- well, they're just so...
When Steve, the Norwegian Artist , was a young boy, his parents sought out a local artist in his town and arranged painting instruction lessons -- people do this all the time with the piano, and yet when...
Last week we talked about parallel parking a car -- or in my case, not parallel parking the thing -- and how, if we don't know a specific skill, we can frequently compensate by doing things another...
What makes an object look three-dimensional? We use a variety of cues to give us this information: light and shadow, contrast, pattern, color, texture, scale, temperature and value, usually in combinations...
I'm so excited that I got my words just a little mixed up! There aren't any artists on trial, per se, but you as artists get a free trial to Artist's Network TV! Starting April 11, take advantage...
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...
In December, I had the pleasure of going to a panel discussion with a few artist friends at The Teaching Studios of Art in Brooklyn. The Teaching Studios is a school run by my friend Rob Zeller--we went...
We can never imagine a world without vision. Whether one works as a realist painter or abstract artist, the quality of our vision determines the ultimate appearance of the art that we make. As viewers...
In a time when we often hear the arts being dismissed as unnecessary luxuries and when so many art classes in schools have been cut, it's nice to hear a little good news. Portrait of Claude Renoir...
In the last article, I discussed my distressing and difficult sock project ( The Socks from Hell ), and how I didn't enjoy the process at all, and the best thing about the whole thing was when it was...
Those of you who have read me for awhile know that I'm big on this patience thing, even though patience is the least of my virtues. Come to think of it, I'm not sure if it's on my list at all...
Nature provides a constant source of creative inspiration to all of us. But to capture its spiritual essence, one must first discover one's own emotional connection to the subject. It's that special...
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