Fertilizing My Lawn

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Should You Oil Paint Dark to Light or the Other Way Around?

One of the most basic principles of oil painting states to keep your darks thin and your light thick. Unfortunately, people try to follow this rule without knowing

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Flower Painting Demo (speed video)

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Painting of a Street Scene – in stages

Here is a painting I did. I took photos of the work in different stages so you can see how the painting process works. One of the biggest

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Making rabbit skin glue for canvas

Rabbit skin glue is the traditional glue - better known as sizing - that is applied to canvas before the base coat of paint is laid over it.

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Rembrandt van rijn

One of the greatest artists of all time When mentioning the greatest artists of all time, Rembrandt’s name will come up on the list. Especially in the United

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Rembrandt Van Rijn

When mentioning the greatest artists of all time, Rembrandt’s name will come up on the list. Especially in the United States.I venture to guess that the non art

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Color Mixing Lesson Right on the Palette

Here is a short video that give a preview of a color mixing lesson I did for students on video. I do the lesson right on the palette.

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Umber and white underpainting demonstration

An underpainting is definitely a part of the beginning of creating a painting. However, it's not the very beginning. If you'd like to begin all your painting with

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Why your oil painting curriculum doesn’t exist

This article is for those of you looking for an oil painting curriculum that you can follow and learn from. First, let me just tell you that –

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