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If you’re experiencing a creative block, consider giving cold wax medium a try. Here, Randall Graham shares some basic techniques for beginners. Bonus: Watch a video on how to use cold wax!

Grace Aldrich takes us behind the scenes of the creation of her drawing “Elements of Style.” View sketches, learn what art supplies she used, and find out the unconventional way she checked her progress.

Creatives beware: A new deceptive scam targeting artists is making its way around on social media. Treacy Ziegler explains how she could’ve been a victim after receiving a run-of-the-mill friend request.

Consider how listening to music while you create art can affect the outcome of your work.

See how this oil painting of “Baby Dionysus” came together, from the initial drawing to the final varnish.

Q&A: How Mark Yale Harris reinvented himself through sculpture

Recently invited to participate in a project with American Women Artists and the Haggin Museum, Sadie Valeri chose William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s painting of 13 nude nymphs titled “Nyphaeum,” to be her muse for “Vapors.” See her detailed oil painting demonstration of “Vapors” here.

Treacy Ziegler tells us what it’s like to bring her love of still life drawings to a maximum-security prison, including the one thing she admitted (and the prisoners agreed) was a “stupid thing to say.”

Picture a late spring evening in France, at a chateau owned by someone with a mission to create an atmosphere that reflects inspiration, inside and out. Vikki Fuller, an artist from British Columbia, found herself at one such place, which she tells us about in this captivating tale of an artist residency.

Learn about a device called the "graticola," which Italian artist Antonio Mancini came to rely on for his drawings and paintings.