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Demystify the role of transparency and opacity in your oil paints for better results on the canvas.

A conversation on process, planning, design principles, and where artists should focus their studies.

When painting from life, our minds must be focused on the fundamental technicalities...What is in front of us, though, is so much more than that.

On figure painting > "The mind likes to play with matter, animals are informed without written language."  ~ Cesar Santos

Last week many of us gathered online for the opportunity to learn from 30 of today's top landscape painters during the 4th Annual Plein Air Live. Some were dedicated outdoor painters who would finish an impressionistic work on location, and others were keen to use the art of painting outside to create color studies that would later be used ...

"A drawing will never be exactly like the subject, and it doesn’t need to be. It is a drawing, after all, with feelings perhaps!" ~ Oliver Sin

One of the benefits of entering the PleinAir Salon is the it can put your drawings of people (such as these) in front of the world. Be inspired here.

"I wanted to demonstrate the contrasting textures in this Valentine-themed painting," said ...

See a recap of realism painting demonstrations from the 3rd Annual Watercolor Live, where some of today’s best artists shared their secrets, and explained their materials, methods, and more.

Insights on painting portrait commissions, including what makes the difference between a good portrait and a great portrait.