A Simple Guide for Stretching Your Own Canvas
Enjoy the satisfaction of stretching your own canvas in this quick and easy guide. Learn the basics of canvas, stretchers, and grounds.
Tag: Painting Techniques
10 Reasons to Try Fluid Acrylics
Daler-Rowney Fluid Acrylic Paints offer a combination of vibrant colors, versatility, and ease of use that can enhance an artist's creative process.
Twists and Turns of Plein Air Painting
Charles Peer shares his creative wanderings and what he has learned through the unexpected twists and turns of plein air painting. Get an inside look …
5 Great Plein Air Painting Books
Discover inspiration, expert tips and guidance for painting landscapes in nature with these five plein air painting books. Explore your creativity out…
5 Easy Steps for Blending in Oils
Improve your painting practice by painting this Corot master copy.
Master Copy | Painting a Corot Landscape
Improve your painting practice by painting this Corot master copy.
One Scene, Three Composition Rules
Are there "rules" about composition? Let's see by applying three compositional standards – Rule of Thirds, The Golden Mean, and the Golden Triangle …
Sip, Paint, Sip | Sketches with Wine, Tea and Coffee
What could you do with old, undrinkable wine? What a cup of unfinished coffee or tea? One option is to use it as a medium with which to create an imag…
Good and Bad Habits: Three Artists on What to Keep and What to Let Go
With New Year's resolutions coming up, we asked three artists to chime in on the habits they have resolved to keep, and the ones they've decided to le…
Letting the Paint Come Through: How Artistic Practice Can Change the Act of Seeing
Three artists share how their practice has had ripple effects in other parts of their lives.
Improve Your Odds of Success in Your Painting
Improve your chances for success by making these habits a regular part of your painting practice
How to Avoid Overworking Your Paintings
Try these strategies to help keep you from overworking your paintings.
5 Things to Learn From John Singer Sargent’s Lady Agnew and Carnation Lily, Lily, Rose
Learn to paint like John Singer Sargent by painting your own master copies to study Sargent's painting techniques.
Private Lessons from the Masters
Learn from some of the all-time best artists with the help of four exercises demonstrated by Susan Abbott.