How to Critique Your Own Work
10 qualities that are the most important
Can Creativity Make You a Better Person?
Researchers say yes -- and it can even prolong your life
Why Paint from Life?
It’s the quality of the artist’s involvement in the subject and the amount of mind, heart, and soul he or she gets into the painting – by any means necessary – that matters most.
The Painting Lesson Hidden in Every Sunset
Hint: it starts with value, not color.
Happy 250th, America! 🇺🇸
Childe Hassam’s patriotic obsession
Between a Rock and a Soft Place
Matt Ryder on Painting Rocks and Flowers
Perfect Is Overrated
The secret to a more compelling composition isn’t mirror-like symmetry — it’s knowing how to achieve balance without it.
What Most Portrait Painters Get Wrong
and How Lyn Diefenbach Gets It Right
What I Brought Home From the Ozarks
Plein air painting tips, demo highlights, and Ozarks landscapes from the 2026 Plein Air Convention, plus a preview of 2027 at Zion and Bryce Canyon.
You Already Know Your True Style and Subject
A Guest Column by Spanish Realist Daniel Coves