Value does all the work; Colour gets all the credit.

The Shadow Knows...

Green is the trickiest colour to control.

You need to be able to draw to paint well.

Frame your art for success.

Value, Temperature, Chroma, Perspective, Texture...

There is a never-ending array of possibilities for how light affects the world. You may be using indoor lighting and controlling it...

All that social media and tweety stuff is hard to sort out. Let’s not go down that path today.

by Doug Swinton Some people will tell you that rules in art shouldn’t exist and that art needs to be free, expressive, loose and...

“bad reference photo equals bad painting”.

1. Hue 2. Bias 3. Value 4. Chroma

Artists have long been associated with having mystical abilities and a unique way of perceiving the world

First employed in prehistoric cave paintings, Red Ochre is one of the oldest pigments used in art and is still widely used today.

Using dominant & recessive qualities of pigments to your advantage.

Sometimes it is to enhance what you already know and leap to that next plateau. Other times it is to step out of your comfort zone

Getting rid of studio clutter to achieve new directions.

I love teaching workshops. I love getting the opportunity to share my passion with others, and in the process, I learn so much.

Using convex vs. concave lines in life drawing.

What to do when your painting is not at it's best.

Using opposites to create a dynamic painting.