It’s been a long time, 10 months to be exact, but there is some » Read More
Painting Basics
Advice for creating and critiquing paintings – Part 6
In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly describes » Read More
Advice for creating and critiquing paintings – Part 5
In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly describes » Read More
Advice for creating and critiquing paintings – Part 4
In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly describes how » Read More
Advice for creating and critiquing paintings – Part 3
In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly describes how » Read More
Advice for creating and critiquing paintings – Part 2
In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly » Read More
Advice for creating and critiquing paintings – Part 1
In his 1889 book, “How to judge of a picture”, John C. Van Dyke thoroughly » Read More
The proportion wheel
For every painting workshop I’ve taught since the 1980’s, » Read More
The value of black and white
I do like the clever title for this blog post because » Read More
Give up or keep working…your choice
A question occasionally asked of me by art students is, » Read More
Challenge free painting?
There’s a perception out there that for us professional artists, » Read More
Executing the Concept
In some ways, I believe, determining a concept for a painting is » Read More