The Versatility of Oil Pastel
My first love was sketching in pencil until I took an art course where I…
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Best Practices For Successful Paintings
There are some best practices to ensure your paintings will be successful. I have to…
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Entering Exhibitions
Recently I watched an artist explain the process of jurying art into an exhibition. She…
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3 Ways To Improve Your Paintings
Plan Well for Success When you take references images or do plein air painting, it…
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Don’t Get Lost in Details
Painting shapes, not objects and not getting lost in details was a huge step in…
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The Importance of Light When Photographing Your Art
I struggled for years to get a good and accurate image of my paintings. At…
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5 Ways to Honor God With Your Art
Everything we are and everything we have is a gift from God; therefore, it only…
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5 Things to Consider When Painting Water:
Painting water can be challenging. Here are 5 things to consider while painting water that…
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One Method For Charcoal Drawing
I blackened the entire paper to start both drawings, and then used a kneadable eraser…
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Evolution of an Artist
Since starting to paint in 2010, I have gone through many iterations including subject and…
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How to Grow as an Artist
A personal Journey I Like to paint alone. Usually, I get into a private space…
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Playing to Get Creativity Flowing
Sometimes it is nice just to set the serious painting aside and just have some…
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Make Your Painting Sing
When is a painting finished? There is a danger of overworking a painting; therefore, it…
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Texture, Depth, and Color
I admit that I struggle to remember all the rules of color but lately I’ve…
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Advantage of Painting In Series
I have discovered the advantage of painting in series: I once heard an art instructor…
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The Seven Elements or Foundations of Art
The 7 elements of art are: line, shape, value, color, texture, space and form. Even…
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The Zorn Limited Palette
Zorn Palette The Zorn Palette (named after Swedish painter Anders Zorn) consists of using only…
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Underpainting – Why?
Underpainting can make a huge difference to a painting. (I discovered that paint can be…
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Why NOTAN is SO Important
Notan is defined as the balance between dark, mid-tone and light values in art. Why…
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Artist of the Week
I belong to an art group on fineartamerica.com called “Old Masters and Traditional Arts” (old…