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If it bleeds, it leads. — Newspaper adage I HAVE bad news–everything you’ve learned about how to become a successful painter is wrong. Here’s t...

Your art reflects the energy level you had when you painted it. “Everything requires Time. Time is the only permanent and absolute ruler in the unive...

I was thrilled to get several messages from Australia saying several thick paint enthusiasts will be joining us for the live class via Concert Window. Several a...

MY BIRTHDAY FALLS NEAR THANKSGIVING and my favorite gift is an art book. This year I received Leconte Stewart Masterworks. Leconte was a huge influenc...

I WAS RECENTLY READING a book about the landscapes of Gustav Klimt. I was intrigued to discover that he often used a pair of opera glasses or even a t...

LATELY I’VE BEEN painting en plein air with the palette knife. I don’t use the palette knife for the entire painting. At the right you can see a pai...

I‘VE USED THE EXPRESSION paint with paint many times in this blog. What I mean is the paint brush should be a means to apply paint not a means t...

I was thrilled that Google recently made universal translation available for blogs. I immediately added the button to my site. You can find it at the ...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 ...

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 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...