Plenty of people suffer from visual hallucinations and don't become international superstars of the art world.

Learn technique - but don't sacrifice self-expression.

"No situation in the world could be more sad and eerie than this."

That dreaded inner critic! No one gets a free pass.

Everyone has a hard time with rocks, at least at first, especially plein air painters! Let's fix that.

Comparing one of Turner's initial sketches to the final painting yields insight not only into how to "read" a painting but into how great artists think and work.

Imposter Syndrome: the feeling that you're a total fraud and it's just a matter of time before you're found out.

A look at how elements of abstract design enliven a landscape.

Some higher-end pigments, including carmine lake, also known as crimson lake, are still made the old fashioned way: by crushing up bugs.

Choosing the right color that is the right shape, of the right consistency, of the right value and temperature, and putting it in exactly the right place—that’s the job of the painter.