7 Steps to creative flow. Follow these steps and be free from overthinking placing you dead center in the creative zone.

See, the full meal deal is; You want to have a funky painting with lots of eye-popping creativity, and yet you want harmony in there too.

The start of a painting is sooooo important. It sets you up for success. If your start is good the chances are, you will have a good...

The sky is key to painting a believable landscape. It determines everything that is about to happen in your painting.

Singing the Praises of Gouache Set up a space, just a small space, anywhere you can. Perhaps the kitchen or the dining room table, or...

by Doug Swinton The most common problem in landscape painting has to do with the sky. For example, when a painting seems dark, dreary or...

After a hearty laugh over how a book about golf could possibly pertain to art, I listened to his explanation. I was instantly convinced.

Good questions are the key to solving painting problems.

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

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

Using opposites to create a dynamic painting.

How to simplify your subject to produce a better painting.

How do you know if you're making progress?