Category: Tools and Techniques
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A lesson from studying Richard Schmid
One of the things I often admire about advanced painters is their ability to infuse a single object with multiple colors and make it read well. It can be subtle or overt, but it done properly, it can give a painting a lively visual interest. As a painter, I stuggled to understand how this was…
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Carlo Stanga
Carlo Stanga is an Italian born illustrator currently living and working in Berlin. He works primarily in a loose but often precise and detailed style of line and color, using a variety of media. He plays with the conventions of line and color, sometimes using color for the lines themselves, sometimes losing the line altogether,…
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The Artist’s Guide to Sketching
Most of us, artists or not, have some idea of what sketching is. Sketching is a term associated with quickly realized, often rough and “unfinished” drawings (or paintings) that are meant to catch the essence of something without any unnecessary frills. That simplistic explanation, however, doesn’t convey the unexpected effects of a regular sketching practice:…
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Plein air event in Lehigh Valley offers free Vasari oil paint
From now until October 15, 2022, there is a plein air painting event in Easton, PA co-sponsored by the Karl Stirner Arts Trail and Vasari Classic Artist’s Oil Colors, makers of what is arguably the finest handcrafted oil paint available. This is a fledgling event, so participants have an opportunity to get in on something…
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James Gurney botanical study video
Painter, illustrator and writer James Gurney frequently posts short videos to YouTube, often showing his painting process. Though I have found pretty much all of those I’ve seen enjoyable and informative, he recently posted a video that I found particularly appealing. In Painting This Botanical Study Nearly Broke My Brain he sets out to paint…