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How to Start Plein Air Painting

The Undraped Artist Podcast

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Depth of Field

The Intricacies of Cityscapes

Portrait Drawing First Steps

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Beginners Guide to Abstract Portrait Drawing

Key Principles in Realistic Portraiture

Building Portraits with Shape

Beginners Guide to Portrait Painting

Oil Painting Prerequisites

Starting Fire Paintings

Grand Canyon Plein Air Trip

Creating a Compelling Still Life

Vasquez Rocks in Infinite Painter

Strada Challenge: Tomahawk Steak

Strada Challenge: Bag of Apples

Grand Canyon in Infinite Painter

Sergio's Guide to Gouache Materials

How Sentient Works

Beginners Guide to Landscape Painting

Simple Floral Studies

Beginners Guide to Realistic Portrait Drawing

Importance of Notan in Portraits

Gouache Color Theory

Becoming ProArtists

Start Painting Landscapes in Oil

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Seeking Inspiration from Old Masters

Emotive Portraits

Family Friendly Creative Projects

Portrait Requisites

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Strada Challenge: Chicken Noodle Soup

National Park Adventure Series

An Artist's Mindset & Methods

Materials For Charcoal Portraits

Simple Color Choices

Gouache 101

Oil Painting Basics

Beginners Guide to Pastels

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Deciphering Bouguereau's Flesh Tones

Color is a fascinating and challenging part of painting. It can be defined as hue, saturation and value. Today, I am going to focus a little more on saturation. Saturation being how intense or gray a color is.

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The way our eyes interpret light the light being produced or reflected around us. Color is all about light. Or, more specifically, how wavelengths of light are understood by our eyes.

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Back Again: Vision X 22

#VisionX Art Conference offers artists opportunities to network, learn, and gain access to the expertise of top international artists, galleries, and art suppliers

Painting in Late-Day Light

We’ve discussed painting in morning light and painting in mid-day light. Now let’s talk about painting outdoors in late-day light.

The Travels of the Soul By Howard Pyle - Revisited

Howard Pyle’s Travels of the Soul. I found myself coming back to them over and over. They are original in their palette and composition and the execution is so full of brilliance that I think you could learn much of what it means to really use paint, just by studying these four paintings.

Always Put Wings On Your Horses

Sometimes you don’t want to draw a stupid horse with their dumb long faces and huge teeth and legs that bend weird. (Just kidding, I love horses) Sometimes a Pegasus unicorn with rainbow stardust breath and a silky long mane is what is needed, and you don’t have to paint horses just because someone out there wants a horse.

Sotheby's European Art Sale - Highlights

Sotheby’s recently had an auction of select works from Europe (Part 1 and 2) and there were many killer works in the show. I wanted to highlight a few for you.

Painting Outdoors Using the Sight-Size Method

If you’re an artist who struggles to get your shapes and proportions placed accurately while painting outdoors, try using the sight-size method.

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Bellissima By William McGregor Paxton - A Study of Edges, Color and Artistry

I love the palette and the beauty of the subject, but beyond that I love the stylistic and artistic decisions that Paxton made.

Some of the Gear I Use for Photography, Painting and Digital Work

I recently taught a little workshop in my studio and the focus of it was generating stronger compositional studies. As a part of that, we focused a lot on taking better photos. After the workshop, I put together a list of the gear I used during the workshop and I thought I would share it here as well:

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