Author: Brad Teare

IN THIS VIDEO I paint a 16″ x 20″ acrylic  painting using thick strokes of broken color. I also allow the paint to dry at certain poi...

IN THIS VIDEO I finish up my painting that is painted with thick, multihued acrylic strokes. I failed to elaborate the scratching technique but it is clearly vi...

I WANTED TO EXPAND AND ADD to the ideas I advance on this blog and thought making an iBook would be an ideal format. I decided sponsorship from Kickstarter.com ...

I REALLY APPRECIATE all the people who sent links to find a replacement for my old, worn out chapeau. I really thought I would find a replacement. But although ...

THERE ARE A LOT OF MYTHS surrounding the creation of art. These myths do little to help students of painting find their way forward. To clarify the process I th...

IF YOU NEED an inexpensive solution to painting outdoors with acrylic I demonstrate how I made my pochade box (a miniature outdoor painting kit). I hope you fin...

IN THIS VIDEO I paint a small acrylic in half an hour. The paint started to dry at about 20 minutes in. Next time I want to be sure to seal the canvas with acry...

I USE THIS grayscale in the field and in the studio. If you use it outdoors be sure that the light on the grayscale is the same as the light on your palette whe...

ADJUSTING COLOR can be tricky but if you understand three aspects of color; hue, value, and saturation, it can make things a bit easier.

I USED ACRYLIC retarding gel as an “oiling up” medium in the studio with great success. So I wanted to try it in the field.The results were similar ...

It was a lot of fun oiling up the acrylic painting in the field. I thought it might be useful if I cited a few benefits and drawbacks of this techniqu...

I have been so obsessed with the act of applying thick paint that I’ve forgotten to mention that nearly all of the techniques outlined in this blog a...

THERE IS A DANGER of representing the overly familiar as symbols rather than reality. As a time saving mechanism the brain projects a shorthand onto familiar su...

I WOULD PREFER TO PAINT all my paintings from life or from sketches painted from life. However, this often just isn’t possible. I often need to paint from photo...

IN THIS VIDEO I explain in more detail how the Riley Method works. Although I’m using it here in reference to the figure it is just as useful when drawing...