Back for the second part of the Winter Scene tutorial. We have established our horizon line, painted our sky and distant trees, and are working on our three pines in the foreground. The color formu

As artists we have the advantage if you like to do pieces for people as gifts not just at Christmas, but anytime. People love receiving a piece of hand created artwork especially if you are gifting so

Most of us who draw and/or paint have at one time or another attempted to create a face – a human face. It may have been someone well known like Einstein or Abraham Lincoln, or a child, or older per

If you remember from yesterday, we are discussing color harmonies. We were working through the tetradic color scheme and we will pick up there. Analogous colors sit next to each other on the color

We all may have at minimum some basic idea about how the color wheel works. At least if we are working in the art field we certainly should. One good theory to have a grasp on is understanding how to

I honestly believe being an artist is a gift. This gift is nothing without hard work. In other words, you may be given the “gift” but if you don’t use it properly or work to achieve it the gift

Everyone has a different way to work and even to start a new work. There are many valid approaches to beginning work on a new piece all of which will fit the person who is doing the planning and think

Tell anyone you are an artist and they get this instant picture of someone with a beret, lots of brushes and a palette, and a casual attitude. There is much more to this than the popular persona. A

Each of us during our lifetimes reaches a fork in the road that can be either a very large glaring fork or a subtle one. Either way it elicits a decision. Sometimes we arts people have trouble with de

Have you ever had a canvas, painted or unpainted that was too floppy, too loose in the stretcher bars? There is nothing more annoying than that when you are trying to paint and the canvas keeps giving