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Monday Morning Art School: who’s painting—you or the camera?

Monday Morning Art School: who’s painting—you or the camera?

Carol L. Douglas Jun 14, 2026 4 min read
The camera is an extraordinary tool, but it has no imagination. Stop treating photographs as masters and start treating them as servants.
The difference between illustration and narrative painting

The difference between illustration and narrative painting

Carol L. Douglas Jun 11, 2026 4 min read
A painting can be competent and still feel contrived. It can be imaginative but feel trite. It can tell a literal story or be allegorical. How can you tell where you’re headed?
Mining your slush pile for better painting ideas

Mining your slush pile for better painting ideas

Carol L. Douglas Jun 9, 2026 4 min read
Time has already done the editing in your painting slush pile. If it still interests you a year or five later, there’s something there worth exploring.
Monday Morning Art School: what’s the best painting medium?

Monday Morning Art School: what’s the best painting medium?

Carol L. Douglas Jun 7, 2026 4 min read
There are sometimes practical concerns as to what paint kit you’ll pick up. Beyond that, the best medium is the one that gets you painting most often.
If you’re ticked about AI stealing artwork, you should be ticked by this

If you’re ticked about AI stealing artwork, you should be ticked by this

Carol L. Douglas Jun 4, 2026 4 min read
You don’t have to dislike Pattie Gonia or Patagonia, Inc. to take a position, but if you’re outraged, b when AI steals creative work, you should recognize that the principles are similar.