Have you been looking for relationship advice? I can help! While the following may not help much (or at all) with your human relationships, I do have a few tips to help you achieve better color relationships. We artists want … Read More
If you’re an artist, chances are you’ve tried your hand at photographing paintings. After all, we eventually need photos of our work for advertising, promotion and record-keeping. Or just to send to Grandma. But you may have realized that getting … Read More
We painters are faced with a number of decisions when starting a new piece. Among these is whether to paint directly on the white canvas or to first apply a wash of color as an underpainting. In this post I’d … Read More
It’s been more than three years since I first started testing my oil palette colors. My goal with these ongoing color stability tests is to find out to what degree the colors might change over time. If you read my … Read More
There’s no painting like snow painting! Ever tried painting snow? ….While also standing in snow? ….Outside? It had been a few years since my last snowy winter efforts. Until a few weeks ago. My family and I spent a few … Read More
I was recently in a friend’s home and noticed a large oil painting on his wall. The surface sheen of the canvas was very uneven. Some areas of the painting were glossy and others were matte. When I asked my … Read More
Is cadmium paint toxic? Sometimes students ask me in my workshops whether certain colors are dangerous to use. Cadmium-based colors have been around for many years but tend to be among the most often in question. As I’ve researched this, … Read More
When I began making plans to open my art gallery in 2011, I knew I would need to figure out a method for hanging paintings. The walls in my gallery are plaster, which led me to think about some kind … Read More
We’ve discussed painting in morning light and painting in mid-day light. Now let’s talk about painting outdoors in late-day light. Late-Day Light For the sake of simplicity, I’ll include the afternoon and evening hours in this segment on late-day light. … Read More
In my last post we covered the experience of painting in morning light. This time let’s talk about painting in mid-day light. Mid-Day Light Finding something outdoors that’s exciting to paint in the middle of the day can be tough. … Read More