Painting Light on Water
With the highest tides in the world, Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy is a wellspring of inspiration for artist Poppy Balser. By Robert K. Carsten …
With the highest tides in the world, Nova Scotia’s Bay of Fundy is a wellspring of inspiration for artist Poppy Balser. By Robert K. Carsten …
For a quarter century, the annual Pastel 100 Competition has been recognizing the incredible skill and artistry of today’s pastel talents. By bringing forward 100…
When taken with care, photographic references can inform the mood of a portrait and help you capture a model’s emotional interior. By Ted Nuttall My…
During a workshop at the Florence Academy of Art in Jersey City, N.J., Massachusetts painter and teacher Kathleen Speranza showed participants how to depict roses…
The Pastel Shaper exists because Heather Goldstein is a good listener. As a high school student working part-time in an art supply store, Goldstein listened…
California artist Kim Lordier seamlessly melds color, temperature, and value to portray worlds transformed by light. Her pastel paintings are marvels of observation—gloriously sensitive to…
“I’d been painting for 15 years before I heard about this palette,” says Christina Kent, a San Francisco-based oil painter. “My first reaction was, ‘Why…
The evening hours invite artists to play with underpainting techniques, palette choices, and color combinations to create the unique qualities of the dark. As the…
Colored pencil artist Jennifer Morrison creates stunning botanical art and teaches her methods in online classes. One of the core techniques she teaches is the…
Emma Colbert’s animal portraiture draws inspiration from the splendor of nature, the play of light, and an understanding of self. By Tim Saunders “Do not…
What is it that takes a painting from mediocre to magical? There is, of course, no one single answer. In fact, there are probably as…
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