Don’t worry about matching the colors the teacher is using.  If a pro is demoing a sunset, let’s say, her students often want to know exactly what red and what yellow to mix in which proportions [...]

By Guest Contributor Laura Vailati “I love to paint flowers simply because I love flowers,” says Karen Margulis. A sensitive artist devoted to painting with pastels, Karen has made simplification the key to the success of her [...]

Matthew Fox, “Creativity” Next in our continuing “best books for artists” series of writers who inspire, we introduce free-thinking “radical” theologian Matthew Fox. He teaches that creativity in its many forms is the beating heart [...]

These design tips on arranging a still life will help you elevate your painting from a mere collection of objects to a cohesive, powerful, and well-composed work of art. Pat has a new art video workshop [...]

Recognized for her expressive brushwork, contemporary compositions, and intelligent use of color, Nashville native Lori Putnam paints small to medium-sized works en plein air and creates large paintings in her studio. Having painted in 16 [...]

Recognized for her expressive brushwork, contemporary compositions, and intelligent use of color, Nashville native Lori Putnam paints small to medium-sized works en plein air and creates large paintings in her studio. Having painted in 16 [...]

Lots of paintings are beautiful. Plenty elicit reactions like gorgeous, stunning, amazing! and whatnot. But when you stop to think about it, each “incredible” painting gets those accolades for reasons of its own – there [...]

A peek at Andy Evansen’s plein air painting journey at Lake Tahoe, where he navigated the challenge of simplifying breathtaking vistas and capturing the lake’s vibrant colors. “Coming from southern Minnesota, where the landscape is [...]

Five words: Keep looking, thinking, and painting.  Like a handful of magic beans, that simple sentence contains the entire history, philosophy, and technique of artmaking in embryo.  Looking (and really seeing), thinking (about painting, yes, [...]

"The artist’s task is not the faithful representation of air, water, rocks and trees, but rather his soul, his sensations should be reflected in them. The task of a work of art is to recognize [...]