"Eggs to Dye For" by Scott Royston originally appeared in our sister publication, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine
This week we're seeing up-close-and-personal presentations during Acrylic Live, an online art conference unlike any other.
American artist Sharon Sprung shares a glimpse of insights into her new figurative oil painting, "Backscape."
Her capacity to express connection through everyday human interaction features in Keery’s imagery, which foregrounds what she calls the “beauty, intimacy, and magic in insignificant, often unnoticed moments.”
Congratulations to Fernando Micheli, whose work has been recognized in the monthly PleinAir Salon: I painted "Lovrijenac Fortress Overlook Dubrovnik" from observation, sketches and photo references on our recent trip to Dubrovnik, Croatia at one of the bay inlets outside the city fortress walls along the Dalmatian Coast, made famous recently in the TV series, Game of Thrones.
This multi-painting exercise works in the studio and in the field. Here’s a look at a few of the simple subjects I’ve painted over and over in my quest to build familiarity and to learn more about my own my artistic voice.
This artist's process involves no drawings or studies, only rapid brushwork executed on site that relies upon her firm understanding of perspective, value, and proportion to complete the large works, sometimes in only one session.
Lisa Cyr takes us into the inspiration for her mixed-media portrait painting, "Mademoiselle du Carnaval." Lisa is on the faculty of the 2nd Annual Acrylic Live online art conference.
Proportion is the backbone of believable drawing and painting. In this episode of Art School Live, Ricky Mujica lays out a pragmatic, observation-first approach that moves beyond rote point-to-point measuring. The result is a flexible toolkit—units, angles, faceted lines, triangles, negative shapes, and perceptual tricks—that helps you find accurate relationships faster and with more confidence.
The following story features a leader in the art community who will be joining us on the faculty of Acrylic Live, an online art event, March 25-27, 2026, with an Essential Techniques Day on March 24.