When Frank Vincent Dumond (1865-1951) taught at the Art Students League, he said that the center of interest or focal point of the work coul...

How do you build an art career online? Today's Substack post is a deep dive on managing social media and narrowcasting to dedicated fan...

Balancing art with family can be a challenge. We artists owe a lot to those around us for their long-suffering patience.  Jeanette Reading, ...

  Here’s what it looks like when I’m premixing oil colors on a palette made from a roll of freezer paper. 🎨 The goal is to premix a “string...

Ilya Repin (1844-1930) had mixed feelings about impressionism when he visited Paris. He knew it was the future of painting, but he was turn...

When I was just starting out on my journey to learn about painting, I recorded some readings from books that inspired me. I'm just start...

  Link to YouTube  Here's a practical method for isolating a living plant so that you can paint an accurate portrait of it on location. ...

Eliot Hodgkin (1905-1987) was an English botanical artist who switched from oil to tempera in 1937. He said he liked opaque, water-based pa...

The appearance of dark objects reflected in water depends on three factors: 1. The amount of silt or sediment in the water 2. The amount of ...

 Wow, what a nice surprise from the wonderful blog BoingBoing . Thanks to Bob Knetzger for mentioning my new  Substack page .