سبتمبر 2020

Here's an oil painting that uses motion blur effects.  I had to imagine which parts of the pose were moving in which directions and at w...

The new book  Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration  is a comprehensive history of imaginative art. Curator Jesse Kowalski begins the...

Robert Bechtle  (1932-2020), one of the champions of Photrealism, once said: "One reason my paintings have become realistic has to do w...

A new book on James Tissot  discusses his painting techniques and explains how he used photo reference. According to author  Sarah Kleiner ,...

Drawing of burdock by Ivan Shishkin.  Book by Parkstone Press:  Ivan Shishkin

Davis asks: "What would you say to someone who’s wondering whether to choose art as a career?" First off, do you really love makin...

Here are some details of the little portrait of my wife shopping for veggies (link to YouTube video ).   The painting is in casein, and the ...

Well, this time I didn't actually set up my easel in the supermarket,  like I did last time.  The aisles are too narrow and it's jus...

 Darn these crowded side streets! From  Dinotopia, First Flight: 20th Anniversary Edition (Calla Editions)

I wasn't a big fiction reader as a kid (I mostly looked at pictures and captions), but there were three books that totally lifted me out...

    Just a little mishap at the Pond Hazard, but I’m just one painting behind the leader. ( Link to YouTube )

Copying of heads in oil by Golden Age illustrators helped me understand all the technical decisions they made that led to each of their reco...

Here's a short list of answers to frequently asked questions, designed to stick on my easel or a nearby fencepost. You can generate your...

Psychologists have developed several projective tests to understand the minds of their patients. The famous Rorschach test is one of them. A...

In 1901, elementary schools taught drawing as a basic and necessary skill that everyone should practice. Here's an example of one of the...

Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914) was a German-born British painter. In the 1891 Royal Academy, he exhibited this painting of a worker on stri...

Rita asks: "Please tell me the name of the Emily Dickinson poem about going to the old home" from the new TRIADS video . Rita, the...

We've had such an enthusiastic response to our  previous painting challenge s that many of you asked for another opportunity. I hesitate...