Having a better look at one of the reasons that Johnson’s moonlit scenes look so…
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Having a better look at one of the reasons that Johnson’s moonlit scenes look so much more convincing than paintings…
by Preaw Pran Everyone is drawn to art for different reasons. For some, art is a hobby enjoyed in their…
How I Abandoned My “Perfect” Plan to Find My Real Career by Deb Keirce Image: Debra Keirce, Snow Mountain Sunrise…
How training can produce increasingly impressive performance while producing progressively less of the learning it was designed to create. A…
Thoughts on evaluating the many art “rules” and traditions that continue to thrive in the studio and classroom. (Updated 7/2026…
What a 24 × 36″ drawing taught me about patience, persistence, and the art of staying the course. Every artist…
by Debra Keirce As I was painting a piece I’m calling Horsepower, I found myself thinking about how we had to…
Recently, during one of those zombie-like social-media scrolling sessions, I came across an artist discussing what she regarded as the…
Dogs, Tricks, and some Grand Claims Despite the old adage about dogs and tricks, nearly thirty years of teaching representational,…
One claim I often find myself resisting is the familiar maxim, “learning to draw is learning to see.” The phrase…