Part of the Healing Process

Marissa Ooserlee is recognized the world over for her hyperrealistic portrayals of women submerged or floating in water, a symbolic representation of the passing of time and life’s changing tides...

I Believe in Beauty

Do you find beauty in art and in life? Josh Clare shares his inspiration for being an artist in this moving piece on the existence and source of beauty.

7 Realistic Painting Techniques That Can Transform Your Artwork

Learn how professional realism artists approach value, color, edges, drawing, composition, and more—and see these techniques demonstrated at Realism Live.

How to Build a Daily Sketching Practice

In this episode of Art School Live featuring Charlie Hunter, learn how to build a daily sketching practice and let marks do the talking.

6 Spectacularly Realistic Wildlife Paintings: The Why & The How

Inspired from a young age by his father, Adam Smith paints realistic wildlife paintings that spotlight animals in both North America and Africa. Recently, his portrait of a ram, “Full Curl,” took second place at the prestigious ...

Oil Painting Masterclass: Learn Light, Shadow & Values with a Lemon

Join Jen Starling (a Realism Live faculty artist) in this bonus oil painting lesson on how to see value shapes, manage edges, and control reflected light for convincing form—starting with a lemon.

The Emotional Painter in Me

The more I’m burdened with the technical aspects of painting, the less I see. So before I lay my first brushstroke, I have to ...

An Artist Who “Finally Succumbed” to Social Media

Contemporary realism artist Elsa Muñoz has come out of her shell over the last several years, stepping into the spotlight as an ...

Visions of Beauty and Hope: Narrative Contemporary Realism

Explore the emotive work of Narelle Zeller, a self-led artist whose narrative contemporary realism celebrates inner strength, self-love, and the beauty of youth.

Alex Dzigurski II: Inspired by Land and Water

Alex Dzigurski II shares four of his landscape paintings and the inspiration behind them.
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