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How to choose the right painting class or art workshop

How to choose the right painting class or art workshop

Carol L. Douglas Feb 17, 2026 4 min read
Learn how to choose the right painting class or art workshop to improve your skills, build confidence, and grow with expert instruction and feedback.
Why drawing is essential for better painting composition

Why drawing is essential for better painting composition

Carol L. Douglas Feb 15, 2026 4 min read
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

Why I’m rebuilding this art blog around painting and process

Carol L. Douglas Feb 12, 2026 5 min read
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

Where creativity meets the business of art

Carol L. Douglas Feb 10, 2026 3 min read
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

Monday Morning Art School: creating a color strategy

Carol L. Douglas Feb 8, 2026 4 min read
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.