Turning Points: Alphonse Mucha
I love a series, and this is one I’ve been thinking of starting for a while. We are all...
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10 Things…Color
This is the post that many have asked me to write for a long time. Color is such a personal aspect...
You Don’t Suck At Color
Help Is On The Way
Do you suffer from chromophobia (the fear of using saturated or bright colors because every time you do your picture winds up looking like a cheap effect from Star Trek TOS)? Well, turns out you don’t suck at anything, but you probably misunderestimate the role of something else…
It goes by many names: lightness (I’ve heard), luminosity (la di da), Mithrandir (I think that’s one of them), brightness (unfortunately),…
Sunday Skills: Crutches
Welcome to the return of Sunday Skills, the weekly (ish, deadlines allowing) article about the...
Working with Models, Part 1
I’m crawling around the studio on all fours, doing my finest impression of a stampeding wild boar....
So A Lawyer And An Artist Walk Into A Jungle…
In 1839, John Lloyd Stephens, an American lawyer, and Frederick Catherwood, an English artist and...
Why do you do it?
Morning guys and girls. summer vacation is over and i find myself back at the desk at the studio....
Art Can Help Us Through Uncertain Times
Lately, I’ve been painting a lot of abstract environments/mindscapes, and I’ve found that my art practice has been pretty akin to a survival tactic of sorts for me. Especially in recent months, I am definitely noticing this. And when I say this, it’s not as much about the actual finished piece that I’m referring to, but the act of painting, the creative process. The aspect of creating that’s about being mindful and resourceful, accepting…
Continuing Education
Somewhere around 2001 I found the original Concept.org website. I don’t know what led me there...
A Treasure Trove of Tutorials
One of our newest members, Chris Beatrice, has spent years creating really helpful tutorials for...
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