Author Archive
Canvas Preference
There are many different types of canvas available and it is difficult to tell you which one is best. It comes down to just a personal preference. After many trials and experimentation, my canvas of choice is smooth or portrait grade cotton duck. I do not paint and I prefer my students not to paint [...]
Caring for your Brushes
Now that you understand what type of brush to use, the next most common question I get is….How do I care for my brushes? Because good brushes can be an expensive investment, good care should be taken when cleaning and maintaining them. First of all, when you purchase a brush, it quite often comes with [...]
More on Brushes
I am going to continue my discussion on oil paint brushes as I have had several more thoughts after finishing my last post. I don’t ever encourage a new student to use student grade anything; by that I mean brushes or paint. Someone who has painted for a long time can produce fabulous work using [...]
The Right Brush for the Job
I am always amazed when a new student comes to class or when I go out to teach a seminar, that when I begin talking about brushes, the students have brought the cheapest brushes they could find. There must be some significant meaning behind this but I have not quite figured it out yet. People [...]
My Style
Everyone has their own “style” of painting. It becomes extremely apparent the more one paints. As an instructor, I can observe this in my students relatively quickly. I am painter of photo realism. Photo realism is taking a landscape, still-life , portrait or whatever it is one is observing and painting it as close [...]
You’ll Never Know
It was very interesting today. While teaching a class, one student asked me how, when and why I started to paint. It became very clear to me as I began to explain that I started to paint not because I really had any passion to actually paint but that I wanted to be around painting [...]
