Look twice, draw once

The Palette, and it's organization This post probably contains far more thoughts on palette/color layout than most people would ever wan...

The correct (and safe) use of solvent sometimes confuses artists who are new to the medium of oil. I certainly didn't know too well what...

On using Medium in Oil Painting The way I see it, there are three principle reasons to add medium to your paint while working: • Increase Tr...

Making linen-wrapped birch panels I recently made panels from birch plywood with linen mounted on them. One is for an existing frame I have,...

Early Morning in Autumn,  oil Dwight William Tryon 1849–1925 Not too long ago I was very kindly given a book by a fellow artist. I just fini...

I got some new (to me) blue colors in oil recently, and I wanted to compare them with ones I have been regularly using. • The top row is thi...

Notes on John F. Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting When I first got a copy of this book, I managed to read about half of it...