Chris Beatrice

Composition: It’s Black and White

Posted by Chris Beatrice | Sunday, July 19th, 2020

My thing is separating and isolating the different variables that make up this wonderfully complex...

Posted by Chris Beatrice | Sunday, July 19th, 2020

The color a thing appears to be is, to put it simplistically, a combination of the color of the...

Posted by Chris Beatrice | Sunday, July 19th, 2020

To understand light and how to paint it, especially from imagination, let’s do the sciency...

Posted by Chris Beatrice | Sunday, July 19th, 2020

Value (how light or dark something is). It’s all relative, as Einstein would say. ...

Posted by Chris Beatrice | Monday, July 13th, 2020

Whether for itself or as part of a painting, drawing is not a passive undertaking. No matter what...

Posted by Chris Beatrice | Saturday, June 6th, 2020

If you want to learn how to draw, read this. All of it. Or you can go be entertained by some...

elise brink on Varnishing Your PaintingsAny polyurethane is the painting conservators nightmare. Please never us it on your painting unless you don't care if your painting's last.
Sam on Artist Spotlight: Eyvind EarleAwesome spotlight Scott! I've been a huge Eyvind Earle fan almost my whole life. Really cool to see this post today, because I just got one of his hug…
Aaron on David Petersen’s The Owlhen CaregiverThanks for posting this Corey. Amazing work. I love that last panel on the bottom page with all things in silhouette in the background as he sets off…
Meg on It’s Not You, It’s the SystemI totally relate to brush cleaning, and as a not-at-all-personal suggestion ;) I use brush dip from Geneva. It absolutely changed my painting habits,…
Ryan Van Eyk on Fresh PerspectivesHi David, What an absolutely amazing perspective on well, perspective. I have never heard of the swinging lens before. Thank you so much for this deep…