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Garin Baker on painting murals
Garin Baker was raised in a home of creative parents…his father was a writer, director and filmmaker, and his mother was a creator of knit ware for McCall’s magazine. Garin remembers visiting the...
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The internet, art industry, and what collectors want
Clint Watson, founder and CEO of Fine Art Studio Online (FASO), recently wrote a series of articles about the art industry, art collectors, and what collectors want. I’d like to share some of those...
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How artist brushes are made
James Gurney, in his excellent daily blog, shared this video with his audience, so I’m going to share it with you. Have you ever wondered just what’s involved in the making those brushes that we...
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Choosing primary colors
I have spoken and even taught extensively about the benefits of using a limited palette of just three primaries, in fact I have even written a book about it…Limited Palette Unlimited Color. One of the...
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Garin Baker on being a professional
Garin Baker was raised in a home of creative parents…his father was a writer, director and filmmaker, and his mother was a creator of knit ware for McCall’s magazine. Garin remembers visiting the...
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Ten years on
It’s hard to believe, but it was ten years ago that I began writing this weekly blog. My first post way back then was a reprint of a speech I gave to a group of teachers and educators associated with...
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Stephanie Amato interview
“I am inspired by the landscape, specifically the water and the sky, but can always find something of interest no matter what the subject.” Stephanie Amato is an inspired painter, working in an...
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Are we really thankful? Should we be?
In 1789, Elias Boudinot (Boo-din-oh) 1740-1821 – called upon President George Washington to proclaim a day of public prayer and thanksgiving to God for His guidance in helping Congress complete the...
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The art and craft of framing fine art – Part 1
Deborah Hill is a master framer. In this blog post she shares with us her expert knowledge regarding frame selection, the “ideal” frame, craftsmanship, client/framer relationships, and how to avoid...
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The art and craft of framing fine art – Part 2
In this two-part series, master framer, Deborah Hill, shares valuable information regarding frame selection, the “ideal” frame, craftsmanship, client/framer relationships, and how to avoid making...
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The letter opener
My British mother loved tradition and “properly” celebrating Christmas was important to her. Dad, my brother, sister, and I all contributed to that tradition. Dad carefully searched for a full,...
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My daily art display interview
Jonathan Greenbank admits he is neither an artist nor an art historian and yet he is the author of one of the most well researched and in depth blog posts around chronicling the lives and work of...
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MaryBeth Karaus interview
MaryBeth Karaus is a fabulous still life painter. Her paintings are beautifully composed, excellently drawn, emotionally compelling, exquisitely harmonious in color, and sensitively executed. You can...
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Universal painting principles explained
Eric Rhoads, CEO of Streamline Publishing tills a lot of ground in this podcast. You’ll learn how I got into art and some of the great discoveries made along the way. The genesis of my best selling...
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Speaking of color
This has become my most viewed YouTube video. I clearly explain how I think about color. This will really help you in that it will take a lot of the mystery out of mixing color. No longer do you need...
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John Francis Murphy – American tonalist
Exactly 100 years ago yesterday (January 30th), artist John Francis Murphy (1853-1921) died in New York of pneumonia. Never heard of Mr. Murphy? I can’t say I knew much about him either, but when...
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Frederic Rodrigo Gruger – Illustrator from the Golden Age
The last quarter of the 1800s in America produced, what seems to be, an inordinate number of brilliant artists…artists whose work influenced popular culture and fashion to a degree we have not seen...
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Norman Rockwell
When I was going for a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Advertising Design at Wichita State University in the middle 1960s, the name Norman Rockwell was not a name one would speak of approvingly. The...
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Creating “Uncertainty”
Do you like uncertainty? I suppose some people thrive on it, but I suspect most do not. I’m with the majority on this one. Everyday we are presented with some degree of uncertainty; our recent extended...
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The amazing Italians
What is it with the Italians, anyway? How is it that such a tiny country has given the world so much? Art and beauty flow through its veins like water through a pipe. It seems creating beauty in all...
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