Why do artists paint clouds? Because they love them, and often artists love weather in general. Weather can be very dramatic and can make an excellent artistic subject. I just watched the movie Twisters and could totally relate to all the storm chasers in the movie. The storm chaser Kate…
The article excerpt below is from American Watercolor, and it’s for all my watercolor painting compatriots out there. I started out as an acrylic painter but grew to love watercolor as time went on. I learned techniques just like anyone else, and sometimes I use what I learned and sometimes…
Possibly the hardest thing to do as a watercolor painter is to give up trying to paint all the details – every little thing that you see with your eyes. The best, most interesting watercolor paintings in my opinion are those that capture the light of a subject or landscape…
Our New Year’s Art Sale continues on Fine Art south through February! Art is more than an interesting thing to look at. Any finished painting – of any genre – is the culmination of a series of decisions, big and small. Artists read and write articles about how and when…
This video is of artist Bill Davidson, and a portion of his landscape oil painting demo called “Painting Simplified.” It’s over an hour long, but the actual length of the DVD is over 7 hours, so it’s far from the entire video. However, you can get a good feel of…
Do you want to fill your home or office with art? Start here! You don’t need to be an artist yourself, or have deep pockets, to start to build a gallery of your own in your home. Whether it’s high-brow work or a homemade craft, artwork adds life and individuality…
Do you know artists who have a recognizable “style”? Many artists paint the same way, or in a similar way, using the same type of tools and materials, for most of their professional artistic life. They probably do this because they have been told that having a consistent look to…
“When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.” – Audre Lord The fact is, it’s not so easy being a visual artist. Only a small percentage of us are…
It’s not always easy to know what art you should collect. Should you buy something you don’t like? Is the art “high quality” enough to pay a lot for it, and what does that mean? Are “quality” and “value” a measurable thing in art, or should other factors be involved?…
Artists get asked a lot of questions. I am occasionally asked the following questions. “How long does it take for you to create a painting?” It’s hard to answer the question of long it really takes to physically do one painting because I often work on several paintings at once…