Having a better look at one of the reasons that Johnson’s moonlit scenes look so…
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In June 2022, I wrote a short article examining some of the claims surrounding zinc oxide in oil paint systems.…
Perseverance is often described as the ability to keep going. We picture the artist returning to the easel day after…
One of the most valuable aspects of the Smartermarx and Artist Roundtable communities is the willingness of artists to share…
Why “Medium” Is So Often Confusing Few terms in painting are used with greater broad-stroke ambiguity than “medium”. In common…
Notes from the 2025 Artist Roundtable Zoom Sessions In 2025, a series of artist roundtable discussions brought together practitioners from…
A great question came up on Instagram yesterday about some of the potential issues with intermixing graphite and white pastel…
Thoughts on evaluating the many art “rules” and traditions that continue to thrive in the studio and classroom. (Image: Albert…
Image shown: Jan Vermeer, “The Art of Painting” (DETAIL) c.1666, oil on canvas The Simple Tools That Made Better Practice…
How material diversity grew from the movement of pigments and the cultures of art they influenced. Color, in its earliest…
During our late November Artist Roundtable, we discussed a comment an artist had made on social media, stating that, in…