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2,797 likes, 86 comments - kathleen_rietz_artist on September 16, 2022: "I decided to take a break from packing and shipping paintings today. I was getting really antsy to paint. I needed to feel free and creative and open. I found myself feeling drawn to a deeper palette, and couldn’t wait to break out my paints and let go a little. I love the quinacridone blue violet shade of soft body acrylic paints from @liquitexofficial . The first time I ever used it was while creating my online art…

Explore the world of painting flowers and expand your mind on the possibilities of floral painting. These five examples will inspire you!

How to paint trees: Follow these tips for painting compelling contours, varied sky holes, and details at a range of distances.

One of the strangest discoveries I made was that it is the dirty grays that give a painting its beautiful color, and not the nice clean color you get directly out of the tube.

Chelle Gunderson | I love this artist life. I love painting these large floral oil paintings. Definitely living the dream. Follow me to see more. I have so… | Instagram

'Time is Golden' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis sold Are you a Squinter? I am a 'sometimes squinter'. I try to remember to squint when I am painting but it is not as much of a habit as I know it should be. I do know that when I remember to squint I end up with a more successful painting. Why? Because squinting helps me simplify. And squinting is a free tool that goes everywhere with me! I can plan a painting based on strong simple shapes and value patterns because squinting helps me to remove…

347K likes, 3,741 comments - littledotart le September 27, 2024: "I’ve never done a piece specifically to be a ‘juxtaposition’… but I’ve been toying with it for a while. So I took a deep breath and went for it! I loved it at first…. But I did have a wobble half way through and thought this isn’t going to work… I wasn’t sure where this would sit… in a ‘neutral’ home decor lovers home? Or a colourful lovers home? But as the pinks and purples began to flourish and the daises started to pop I co

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PAINTINGS: FAUNA FLORA FIGURE SERIES | NATURE'S DAYDREAMS. Emerging life-forms flowing freely between the real and the ideal. A collection of abstract paintings by Shar Coulson.

Some artists just stand out to you; they touch you. You are struck by…

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Painting light in nature is a matter of observation and color control. Camille Prezwodek's work is part of a long lineage of painters who do just that.

Advice for Artists > In this excerpt from “The Confident Artist,” Jed Dorsey shares the importance of looking back at how far you’ve come.