Monday Morning Art School: avoid muddy colors
Do you have trouble keeping colors clean in your oil painting? It’s an easy problem to fix, once you’ve learned proper fat-over-lean.
Announcing a new critique class online
Criticism is never mere fault-finding. There is a seed of brilliance in almost every painting, and it needs to be enlarged upon. That means discussing the merits of a painting as much as discussing its faults.
Think with your hands
Science says drawing helps us listen and remember better. Take that, every teacher who ever disciplined a student for drawing in class!
Monday Morning Art School: The golden light
Non-artists will tell you that light is white and shadows are grey. It takes practice to perceive the color of light.
It helps to pay attention to the rules
Teaching yourself painting (or anything else) is great, but it doesn’t hurt for the independent spirit to ask for help occasionally.