Two hardworking tugboats wait at dockside in this small oil study. Two Tugs,  oil on panel, 6 x 8 inches, plein-air One is still running its...

I painted this dairy barn in gouache with a quirky technique, using brushes/paint first, and pencils/pens last.  My  new video on YouTube ...

What did Andrew Wyeth mean when he called his paintings "drybrush?" Undersnow by Andrew Wyeth, drybrush, 1977 I've found Wye...

This plein-air oil study by Frederic Church was left unfinished, which gives us a glimpse into his process. Bavarian Landscape; Frederic Ed...

On  Instagram,  I posted about this plein-air still life in oil, and some of you had questions: fefecru : "Can I ask you what umbrella ...

A growing number of art museums have teamed up with practicing artists to explore the painting methods of historical painters.     Waterc...

Stop and think for a second before you place a stroke. Consider how the stroke is going to look before you lay it down. Then commit to it. D...

  Our boat brought us to a settlement of crested hadrosaurs and their human assistants,  where we spent a few days drying out in the smoky a...

Robert McGinnis (born 1926) painted glamorous women and gun-toting spies for paperback covers and movie posters.   A video by producer Paul ...

Thomas Blackshear has produced a series of instructional videos called the Illustration Master Course . I have had an opportunity to watch m...

The painting knife in #5 refers to oil painters. In #6, I'm talking about the opposite pointed end of the brush. The purpose of these ti...

I painted this casein study while Jeanette was in the market, so I had about 45 minutes. I took a gamble on the car staying parked, and lo...

Malcolm Marcus asked: "I would really like to see a video on how to understand what colors you are looking at. Sounds kind of nutty, bu...

A few questions came up in the comments of my recent YouTube video  about painting techniques with watercolor and gouache: William Trost...

How should you start a watercolor? There are many ways, but this time I start loose, knowing I can use gouache to make corrections and paint...

The weather changes from sunny to overcast. Should I rub out my painting and chase the light? ( Link to YouTube ) Grafton Street near T...

Sketchbook pages by J.M.W. Turner John Ruskin said this about J.M.W. Turner's method of painting in watercolor: "The large e...

Painting Atelier in the École des Beaux Arts American mural painter Edwin Blashfield (1848-1936) recalled that when he was an art stude...

Pre-texturing is a way to achieve textural impastos without having to use a lot of slow-drying oil paint. If you add texture first in a...

In his memoir , painter and sculptor Emil Fuchs  said he asked  John Singer Sargent  for permission to paint in the master's presence in...