Paintings i love

Explorations of the visual world through painting and drawing.

It is no secret that I love the impressionist movement. But how exactly do you paint in an impressionist style? Many artists seem to use it as an excuse to paint sloppily. But really, impressionism is just a relaxed form of realism in my opinion. Accuracy is still extremely important in impressionism. In this post,

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'Emergence' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $145 The paper was too good to throw away. The painting was certainly ready for the bin but I wasn't about to toss a perfectly good piece of paper. So it went into my pile to be used another day. Sometimes I try to rework a painting making changes to the existing painting. Sometimes I have lost interest in the painting and just want a fresh start. The unfinished and abandoned painting. I don't even remember what this sunflower painting was…

Ranging in age from 61 to 83 the winners of our Over 60 Art Competition share their works. Read their stories in the March 2011 issue of The Artist's Magazine.

By Dianne Mize in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials There’s something we demand of music we hear, of theatre we see, of novels we read, even of people we invite to dinner. . . we demand they not be boring. Boredom, believe it or not, can unravel an artwork as quickly as chaos. How can we avoid it in our painting? There are a number of strategies painters use to keep their work interesting, but one of the most important ones is […]

The PastelWorld 2017 Exhibition was home to an amazing array of pastel paintings. Take a look at Pastel Journal's Anne Hevener's 14 must-see picks here!

Joaquín Sorolla, Return from Fishing, the Beach in Valencia, 1907 When I ask readers what they are struggling with most in painting, one of the most common replies is a struggle to paint looser and more relaxed. This is a common problem in painting. We tend to overthink and overcomplicate things. The end result is usually

I love using photo reference, but at times I like to make just a nod or a gesture to my reference. Sometimes I want to use it only as a jumping point. So, how do I do that? Well, first … 08-INVENTING COLOR Read More »

Painting light in nature is a matter of observation and color control. Camille Prezwodek's work is part of a long lineage of painters who do just that.