The winter doldrums January 31, 2019 Carol L. Douglas All painters should occasionally go somewhere else to paint, even if it’s just the next town over. Snow squall at… Continue Reading →
Les trois grandes dames of Impressionism January 30, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Three great women painters who navigated tricky social rules before there was modern feminism. The Boating Party, 1893-94, Mary Cassatt,… Continue Reading →
Business realism January 29, 2019 Carol L. Douglas If a tire-kicker like me will buy a snowblower online, it’s time to retire my arguments against internet stores. Breaking… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: the basic elements of design January 28, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Design elements are there whether you’re conscious of them or not. Learn to use them. I and the Village, 1911,… Continue Reading →
Beautiful, anonymous death January 25, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Were they holy relics, or disgusting displays of hypocrisy? A relic from the Holy Catacombs of Pancratius, originally from Prince Abbey of… Continue Reading →
Another of those infernal Pankhurst women January 24, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Emmeline Pankhurst’s daughters were as intense and volatile as their mother. One of them was also a painter, and the… Continue Reading →
Why paint that? January 23, 2019 Carol L. Douglas My goal is to give you a process—a series of steps and techniques—that you can use to go make masterpieces… Continue Reading →
If it was good enough for my grandfather January 22, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Was litharge in earlier paintings, or did Rembrandt just get lucky? Rembrandt’s impasto. I’m constantly railing about using time-tested technique… Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Art School: applying to a plein air event January 21, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Judging art is very subjective. You can’t take the results personally, or the process will chew you up. Tom Sawyer’s… Continue Reading →
The first great comic book artist January 18, 2019 Carol L. Douglas Voluptuous women, muscle-bound men… Rubens was just ahead of his time. The Triumph of Henry IV, c. 1630, Peter Paul… Continue Reading →