How using fewer brushstrokes and edges can make a stronger painting. In my class; "Classical Training for Artists" which is a beginning...

Landscapes are beautiful all on their own, but adding a focal point like a figure or a creature can improve a painting. But how do you...

Color studies may save your life! How to plan a painting. Preparatory sketches.

One of the hardest things for me to do is to keep it simple. I'm a complicated person. I can complicated my way out of a paper bag! I...

(Like starting a new class where you feel over your head, and out of your league) We all feel scared and overwhelmed at some point-if you...

Portraits are the Holy Grail in art. Artists aspire to do realistic portraits because nothing screams success like a well drawn likeness....

When you are just starting out, it can be daunting to paint a larger or more complicated painting. I've heart novice artists say that...

I first learned about using a complementary palette from reading The Yin and Yang of Painting by Hongnian Zhang, from the Woodstock...

Many artists and teachers will claim that their way is the right way, or the only way to approach painting. While painting does have some...

What I learned from attending Pastel Live! and how to use your artistic frustration as Miracle Grow for your artistic abilities... As a...

"Success happens in clusters..." Julia Cameron The Artist's Way I asked my friend A. (for anonymous) how her painting was going in a...

I teach a lot of workshops where people are taking a class for the first time, or just setting up an art practice. Yesterday, I taught a...

In my class; "Classical Training for Artists" we are studying color theory and the work of "Every form change is a color change..."...

Cézanne mastered the simplification of his subjects to their basic shapes: he wanted to "treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the...

and how it can help your compositions affect viewers on a primal level... I'm a geek. If you are an artist, you probably are too. One of...

"Value does all the work, color gets all the credit!" In my Classical Training for Artists class at Dunedin Fine Art Center we are...

Many artists who take classes with me ask me about pricing their work. It's the number one most confusing thing for artists just starting...

My painting in a Florida collector's home This week, I got a phone call from a gallery requesting that I pick up some small framed pieces...

Many of you are new friends, and we've only known each other for a few years. You may be noticing that my career has taken an upward...

Many people look to art as a hobby-they may have taken a class or two, or even a Sip and Paint and decided art was calming and centering....