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Meet this week’s top Realism Today Ambassador, Narelle Zeller.

Learn how colored pencil artist Jesse Lane uses lighting affects to create a highly emotional piece of art.

"Trompe l'oeil painting was a precursor of modern aesthetics," says Anthony Mastromatteo. Keep reading his essay on this realism sub-genre here.

Be inspired by this exclusive interview with Dominique Medici, who shares her thoughts on using a limited palette, painting alla prima, and meditation.

The subject matter of his contemporary realism represents “the complexity of an individual’s observation as well as a love and respect for nature and life.”

Realism Today celebrates the thousands of American artists who have been trained in traditional methods; and it is particularly significant because it offers yet another outlet of information and ideas for this booming field.

“There are thousands of options every time you pick up a brush,” says Nancy Depew. “What will guide the decisions you make and what priorities will be revealed by those decisions? Those are the questions that fascinate me. My paintings are done only after I’ve resolved every question.”

“Earthly Delights” is the title of a selection of still life paintings by Scott Fraser. Enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at Fraser’s painting process here.

Congratulations to Gaurav Ghimire, whose hyperrealism art has been recognized in the monthly PleinAir Salon. Here, he tells us about his winning work, "I Wonder."

The 6th Annual Plein Air Live came to an end Saturday, November 8th, wrapping up with some of today’s best landscape painters sharing all of their secrets, explaining their materials, methods, and more, with a focus on painting en plein air.