Loosen Up!
How does he do it? Well, sometimes he trades a brush for a squeegee. Learn how from his instructional video, Painting with Intuition. “Loose as ashes,” a friend of mine, Don Oulette used to say. [...]
A Portrait Technique that Checks All the Boxes
By Contributing Writer Rob Silverman Convincing likeness, check! Good composition, check! You need not be an award-winning artist, check! We’ve all seen demos by accomplished portrait artists that begin with a perfect drawing, followed by [...]
American Pastoral
When America’s first great landscape painter, Thomas Cole, began painting the trees, rivers and mountains of the northeastern U.S. in the 1830s, he was aiming for a union of the sublime and the beautiful (or [...]
Spontaneity is Key: Acrylic Live, Day 3
On the final day, we learned from none other than Anne Blair Brown, Patricia Guzman, Rick J. Delanty, Joe Gyurcsak, Kevin Macpherson, and more.
“I’m Learning So Much!” Acrylic Live, Day 2 Highlights
Welcome back to your Acrylic Live highlights! On Day 2 this year, we saw more full-length watercolor painting demonstrations with Colette Pitcher, Charlie Easton, Chantel Barber, Carla Bosch, Aimee Erickson, and more, including sessions with our sponsors and more giveaways.
We’re Broadcasting Live – Are You Here?
Highlights from Day 1 of Acrylic Live, featuring Jed Dorsey, Tad Retz, Samantha Williams Chaplesky, Patti Mollica, Mike Hernandez, and more!
Essential Techniques for Painting with Acrylic
Highlights from Essential Techniques Day of the Acrylic Live online art conference, hosted by Eric Rhoads, Kelly Kane, and Charlie Easton!
The Zen of Painting
Acrylic artist Brenda Hozjan studied to become a third-degree black belt in Karate. She trained in Canada and finished the final part of her San Dan grading (third degree black belt) in Kyoto, Japan. A lot of [...]
Layering Makes Acrylics a Breeze
By Contributing Writer Rick Delanty Rick Delanty will be demonstrating his technique for achieving a lush and loose look to his acrylic paintings at the inaugural Acrylic Live online event. Three days of professional-level instruction [...]
The Spirit of Life and Death
An important but largely overlooked figure in the history of painting is Eugène Carrière. He was a Parisian oil painter and print-engraver whose work resonates with tonalistic poetry in abundance. No less a talent than [...]