161 Frictionless creation
There is a concept circulating that suggests the main goal of the digital revolution is to reduce obstacles to creativity. This means eliminating barriers so al...
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162 Painting with tints
In this video I use a selection of tints and tones provided by Gamblin Colors. Many artists use tints and tones as the basis for their painting and add lim...
163 Why collect art?
The deadline for my ad for the Door County Plein Air Festival booklet is at hand. Once again I feel inadequate to describe why potential collectors should ...
164 One million visits
A few weeks ago the Thick Paint blog logged over a million visits. In the blog’s seven year history it has had visits from nearly every country on the pla...
165 Great opportunity
I was recently contacted by Gbox–a new video streaming provider. They wanted me to create unique video content for their new venture. They offered me a fa...
166 Blogger vs Twitter vs Facebook
In the competition for attention it’s hard to know which platform is best. In my interview a few weeks ago I mentioned that if I were to start over I woul...
167 Maroger medium substitute
Maroger medium is a useful but toxic medium prized by painters working in a realist tradition. I have been using a reliable substitute that has no&nbs...
168 Using oil mediums
In this video I talk about the reasons to use mediums such as Maroger medium and how they work as a paint additive and on the canvas as a couch (French for coat...
169 The Gbox Revolution
[NOTE: Since I originally wrote this post Gbox has essentially gone defunct as a video content provider. Accordingly I have removed my links.]As many ...
170 Using Neo Megilp
I was enthused with my attempt to imitate Maroger medium and wanted to try Gamblin’s Neo Megilp–which is explicitly formulated as a Maroger medium su...
171 Shooting a promo photo
Most artists are introverts. If you’re like me one of the things you dislike most is shooting a promotional photograph. Tonight I shot the photo at right ...
172 Plein air jump start
One of the hardest aspects of landscape painting is painting in the field. To help that situation I’ve devised a series of videos–offered via Gbox–that wi...
173 Limited plein air palette
There are many reasons to use a limited palette in the field. It promotes harmonious colors. It helps maintain a smooth paint consistency—which helps ...
174 Trinchera revisited
The following article about the Trinchera Residency is from the Medicine Man Gallery site. I migrated it to this blog to insure pr...
175: Interview with Lynn Boggess
–From a distance, the paintings of Lynn Boggess appear to have a hard-edged reality. Close-up that reality dissolves into a flurry of abstract marks. Few painte...
176 New book on Amazon
I have wanted to publish a digital book with Amazon for several months. New developments allowed me to make this happen quickly—Amazon now has a plugi...