Painting in public
Dear Artist, Yesterday, Susan Winslow of Dana Point, California wrote, “Last weekend I took a…
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What happens at Magic Hour?
Dear Artist, Recently, Donna Lafferty of Austin, Texas wrote, “Could you talk some more about…
Summer joy
Dear Artist, Readers might recall that my daughter Sara and I conduct a couple of…
How to paint intuitively
Dear Artist, Intuition is generally defined as the ability to acquire knowledge or perform tasks…
The winner effect
Dear Artist, In good times and bad it looks like 10% of the galleries do…
Miles of smiles
Dear Artist, In the National Art Museum in Beijing, the walls are loaded with smiles.…
Thinking in context
Dear Artist, A few years ago, our city fathers decided to use a simplified reproduction…
Immortal art
Dear Artist, I’m laptopping you from a persimmon grove in a corner of an extensive…
Cropping and not cropping
Dear Artist, When a painter paints a rugged stone with its edges not touching the…