Author: Anthony Waichulis

“Your Silver Shoes will carry you over the desert,” replied Glinda. “If you had known their power you could have gone back to your Aunt Em the very first day you came to this country.” “But then I should not have had my wonderful brains!” cried the Scarecrow. “I might have passed my whole life in the farmer’s cornfield.” “And I should not have had my lovely heart,” said the Tin Woodman. “I might have stood and rusted in the forest till the end of the world.” “And I should have lived a coward forever,” declared the Lion, “and no…

In a recent Zoom Artist Round Table, a colleague brought up the merits of the popular book by Betty Edwards, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. The book has been translated into more than seventeen languages and boasts of being the world’s most widely used instructional drawing book. The book is now in its fourth edition which includes a new introduction, crucial updates based on recent research on the brain’s plasticity and the enormous value of learning new skills/ utilizing the right hemisphere of the brain, a new focus on how the ability to draw on the strengths of…

Photoshop 101 and Basic Digital Imaging for Artists (Zoom)WHEN: Every Thursday, 2 pm – 4 pm, beginning September 25, 2025 This fall, join Anthony Waichulis for a 12-week introduction to Photoshop and digital imaging designed specifically for artists. Whether you are new to digital tools or looking to strengthen your current workflow, this course provides a practical foundation for working with one of the most important platforms in contemporary creative practice. Over the span of the program, Anthony will cover the essentials of Photoshop, digital image preparation, and the development of high-quality reference materials for your artwork. Participants will also…

Many of us have read about the potential changes we might observe when oil paint dries. Dry oil paints can appear to darken or lighten depending on everything from the absorbancy of the ground (sinking) to the quality of light found where the painting is displayed or stored. The general understanding regarding the later is that dry oil colors in a painting take on color in the dark, and bleach back out in the light. For more on the impact of light on oil colors: Storing Oil Paintings – Gamblin Artists Colors and Ralph Mayer’s The Artist’s Handbook. However, a different phenomenon has…

Trying to figure out where a gradation might “go astray” can be a real challenge for artists in an observational, representational effort—let alone when there’s particularly “difficult colors” in play. For example, yellow can be difficult to work with as not only is does it often seem weak in many color mixing scenarios—but due to how we perceive/experience yellow, our estimations of it are often exaggerated in both lightness and chroma. One way our artists deal with challenging colors or elusive gradations is to use an isolating tool we call the Color/Value Isolator. This isolator is a visual assessment tool…