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Pastel Still Lifes: Little Moments, Big Memories
I decided to paint a series of pastel still lifes showcasing some carefully chosen items from my late mum's old wooden sewing box as a way of ...
Dina Brodsky: Finding Your Way
It was a terrifying thing, this freedom to paint anything, and my first reaction to this freedom was to ...
The Black, the White, and the Indelible Gray
"When we fail to seek new perspectives, stagnation creeps in." Through realistic graphite and charcoal drawings, Neville Barbour honors people such as the Fon amazons, the Tchamba veneration, and contemporaries alike.
Graphite Drawing as a Necessity
“I was completely broke when I got out of school. Then I had a baby and I couldn’t afford ..."
On Realist Painting: Beyond Observation
"A complicating aspect of realist painting is that there is much that one does not or cannot know or see, yet which is immensely, obsessively interesting—and which is ultimately the whole point of painting."
When It’s Okay For An Artist to Bring the Drama
Bringing drama into a wildlife painting is an attempt to help the viewer emotionally connect with the piece...
On Painting, and Touching the Soul
In a good painting, love shines through like a star on a cold night. Unfortunately not everyone can see it, and therein lies the paradox.
Creative Destruction
American landscape painter John MacDonald shares five things that have become normal throughout his life as a professional artist.
Painting of the Week: Top Hat
"My goal in this painting was to pull the subject's shadowed face out of the darkness, allowing only the light areas to contain detail while handling the dark of his clothing and chair with a gestural, even calligraphic brushwork."
Wild Orchid: A Contemporary Realism Portrait in Stages
Adrienne Stein shares her process for painting the contemporary realism portrait "Wild Orchid," which consisted of a different approach ...