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Two of my favorite painting exercises to start 2026 off right
Two painting exercises to help artists better understand how to paint form using light and shadow and how to find inspiration in the work of Gabriele…
Jan 4
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Notes from a grateful painter.
I was planning on hitting send on a post about Mary Cassatt and tradwives and Project 2025 this morning, but it didn’t seem like appropriate…
Nov 26, 2025
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Strong Outlines, Bold Colors, Can't Lose.
Getting psyched for the Gabriele Munter exhibit at The Guggenheim
Oct 27, 2025
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Finding it hard to make art? Same.
Jul 10, 2025
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Bored by your art? Try a bit of flair
Aug 18, 2025
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Lois Dodd handed out some free nocturne painting advice
Nov 23, 2023
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A day at the galleries
Feb 12, 2025
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Bored with your palette? Travel back in time
Mar 10, 2025
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Elevating a painting from good to great
Jan 13, 2025
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Summer is over, long live summer.
Turn your summer photos into fall paintings
Sep 9, 2025
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Bored by your art? Try a bit of flair
(And I'm not talking about TGI Fridays)
Aug 18, 2025
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Color & Value
The secret weapon that will improve your paintings
Jul 26, 2025
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Finding it hard to make art? Same.
We can be reinvigorated by remembering why we make art.
Jul 10, 2025
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Paint your important place.
When landscape meets memory.
Apr 28, 2025
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Bored with your palette? Travel back in time
Get inspired by the Impressionism, Dutch Golden Age and Renaissance artists
Mar 10, 2025
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A day at the galleries
And a lifetime on the riverbank
Feb 12, 2025
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