Ticks and the plein air painter
I’m cautious but not paranoid about ticks. I am not going to let them steal my love of painting outdoors.
Monday Morning Art School: what kind of learner are you?
There are many types of learners drawn to painting workshops. Take this quiz to find out which one you are.
The most important decision in plein air painting
Painting is all about organizing a beautiful chaos into a coherent design, so the viewer experiences what moved us to paint that scene in the first place.
A Day in the Field
New students are afraid there will be better painters at hand and they’ll feel judged. But even the best painters are busy wrestling with their own painting problems.
Monday Morning Art School: how cameras undermine painters
Stand anywhere outdoors and you’re flooded with information. You try to capture all this, and you quickly get lost. You’d think this would be easier when painting from photos, but it’s actually worse.