Painting a day

This painting will make more sense tomorrow, I think. 6x6in, acrylic, $100, click here to purchase Other News: This weekend is the first of the First Saturdays, Artists on the Square, I'll be painting in or around White Magdelena House, 60 South Street, Hingham Square noon - four, other artists will be painting too! Visit Local Betty for more information, localbetty.com.

It's a great feeling once you finish a painting which you have long worked on and are satisfied with the result. But your work does not finish there. Here is a quick checklist for some of the things you should do with your finished painting.

By Carrie Lewis in Art Business Advice > General Art Advice Let’s face it. Most artists can’t afford to be full-time artists. They love to create and they even sell their work, but simply do not earn enough studio income to make quitting their day job feasible. Many of us also have obligations in addition to a full or part-time job (or two). Even the business side of being a part-time artist can gobble up incredible amounts of time. With all of […]

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The zorn palette refers to a palette of colors attributed to the great Swedish artist, Anders Zorn. Learn more about it here.

When I ask readers what they are struggling with most in painting, one of the most common replies is a struggle to paint looser and more relaxed. This is a common problem in painting. We tend to overthink and overcomplicate things. The end result is usually a tight and overly refined painting (which is fine if ... Read more

sold. (6x6in.) When I got home from the mountains I had a hankering to paint some still life. I had been using a block-in first method outside, and decided to try it on some cups. It was a horrible failure and I wiped it off immediately! And then did a few more wipers for good measure. It was late so I wrote a note to myself for the next day to "slow down." This was the first one I did the next morning. It was like a meditation, and just what I needed.

'Poppy Abstraction' 7x5 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $100 You know you should. But it is hard to find time. And even when we do have the time it is often wasted as we try to figure out what to paint. We all have heard the benefit of painting practice and how painting smaller and more frequently can help us improve. Devoting time to put in those important 'miles of canvas' can be a challenge. But it can be done if we take some simple steps. Lower your expectations. Try not to approach…