Why drawing is essential for better painting composition
Learn how drawing, value studies, and compositional sketches improve painting composition and reduce muddy, unbalanced paintings.
Why I’m rebuilding this art blog around painting and process
Art is built on attention, concentration and presence. It seems contradictory to preach those values while surrounding the conversation with digital noise.
Where creativity meets the business of art
SEAD is a fast-paced, two-day intensive designed to help artists get serious and strategic about their creative careers, March 14-15, 2026.
Monday Morning Art School: creating a color strategy
Scientists say that the human eye can distinguish about a million different colors. It’s very easy to get bogged down. Our job is to edit.
Staying motivated in the lonely studio
Painting is not performance art; the real work happens when we’re alone. Still, it’s a form of communication. That contradiction is a challenge.