Linda Harbert, The School and It’s Environment, oil on canvas, 35.5″ x 47.25″ The journey an artist takes in creating their work has always interested me. From their first decision to create art to the point where they discover their work is uniquely theirs can take a long time. Malcolm Gladwell in his book Outliers, theorized Read more ›

Learn Acrylic Painting · Full Instruction · All Techniques Want to learn acrylic painting? The Complete Guide to Acrylic Painting provides full instruction to quickly achieve professional results with acrylic paint. Download/stream the course instruction, with over eleven hours of high quality videos and four e-books. Learn how to fling, pour, glaze, invent, mix color to perfection Read more ›

Artist: Sheri Rush, Progress of the Opus, 84” x 116.5”, spray paint, acrylic and oil on canvas, 2017 The image above, by Chicago artist Sheri Rush, received my artist award in excellence, through her inclusion in the online exhibition “New Beginnings”, on view from January 20 – March 20, 2018, and curated by Renee Phillips, Read more ›

Layering for painting is a simple concept yet is thrown around a lot in the painting world, and can get very confusing. It is used to refer to multiple concepts and can have different meanings depending on which medium you are using to paint. Here’s my take on layering for painting. To make this really simple, Read more ›

Oil pastels are still my number one favorite medium, even though I also paint with acrylic and oil. When working with oil pastels I feel as if I am able to combine both painting and drawing qualities using just this one medium. First let’s make sure we don’t get confused between oil pastels and the Read more ›

What’s a mixed absorbency surface? It’s a great surface you can easily make yourself, to get interesting painting effects and texture right away, regardless of which painting medium you use! Read on to find out how to use this with your creative work! To start a painting, a painter will usually begin with some commercially Read more ›

I love browsing Ted Talks online. It’s addictive! You can find an incredible range of topics, each limited to 15 minutes, offering the finest in the “Art of Persuasion”! One in particular, about our natural creative tendencies, caught my interest, presented by writer Young-ha Kim. I’d enjoy hearing what you think! Please write your comments below. More suggestions Read more ›

Add Visual Impact to Your Paintings Painting Excellence – An Online Course for Painters Join a small group of artists online for this 6 week course. Learn compelling skills to rivet attention to your images, fuel creative thinking and achieve your masterworks. Guided instruction and individual assistance from Nancy will help your vision, goals, technique Read more ›

I could have sworn I covered it all with my video on how to apply gold leaf. You know that old expression “everything but the kitchen sink”? Well that definitely applies to my  gold leaf video (see it for free here) which gives all the tips and tricks for creating a gold leaf surface to paint on, and then Read more ›

Artist: Donna Gillispie, Lake View No. 1, 4′ x 12′, mixed media and wood panels Photo Credit: Linda Edge-Dunlap I was recently given the honorable task to present an award to an artist included in the online exhibition HerStory 2017 Art Exhibition, curated by Renee Phillips, Director of Manhattan Arts International. The show is intended to promote outstanding women artists, and runs from Read more ›