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Get started with one of the recent articles below, or explore the full collection of art articles available! Which contain various art techniques, painting and drawing tutorials, master painting breakdowns and a variety of other helpful artist resources. You will also find art articles that delve into the exploration of how to use artistic mediums such as; oil painting, watercolor, acrylic, pastels, charcoal drawing, pencil drawing, silverpoint and more.

The Best Frames for Paintings: Painting Frame Ideas for Your Artwork

Many of us have experienced the sticker shock that happens when going to a framing shop to have one of your pieces of art framed.

Winter landscape painting tutorial of a homestead in the snow

Winter Landscape Painting Step by Step Tutorial

Painting a snowy winter landscape can be challenging for a number of reasons. Painting in the cold is hard… You may have experienced the difficulty

Fall Painting Ideas and How to Paint with Fall Colors

The fall season is replete with painting ideas and inspiration. Leaves change color and the deep warm autumnal colors make their appearance all around us.

Perspective Drawing How to Guide For Beginners

Perspective drawing is one of those fundamental techniques that will not just improve your drawing and painting but it will also help you to create

How to Draw a Rose Step By Step Rose Drawing Tutorial

Learning how to draw a rose is a fun and challenging subject to learn how to draw. However, as roses have a clear structure to

How to Paint a Rose – Step by Step Rose Painting Tutorial

I am fortunate to have a few rose bushes in my backyard. Unfortunately…a few of the bushes suffered under large falling tree branches from storms

Painting with Coffee – Watercolor Landscape Tutorial

When we think of watercolors we usually think of using a watercolor pan set or using watercolor paints from tubes. However, there are other less

Process image of how to paint clouds final step

How to Paint Clouds Step by Step Painting Tutorial

Learning how to paint clouds requires practice and some imagination. I am not one who typically likes “how to” approaches to painting, as there never

Podcast coming soon!

In the first series, I will be sitting down with artists to find out their story and how they got to where they are with their art today. I will also ask them one of the most sought after questions an artist wrestles with - How do you make your living as a full-time artist?

More info on what's to come