Newsletter Archive

Renoir’s Mont Sainte-Victoire and a Lesson on Directional Brushwork

June 27, 2023

Paul Cézanne: Personal Favorites

May 29, 2023

Fresh off the Easel: Perth Gardens

May 12, 2023

Summer Meadow by Stanislav Zhukovsky

May 8, 2023

Painting Perth’s Rocky Coastline

April 14, 2023

Thomas Moran’s View of Venice

March 23, 2023

Why You Should Take Progress Shots of Your Work

March 8, 2023

My Problem-Solving Process

March 2, 2023

It’s Easier to Paint From Your Own Reference Photos

February 9, 2023

Steve Huston on Sketching

January 26, 2023

New Reference Photos: Perth Beaches and Gardens

January 21, 2023

Noticing Beauty in the World

January 6, 2023

A Small Study and a Lesson on Reflected Light

January 4, 2023

Hilda Rix Nicholas: Australian Artist With a Distinct, Illustrative Style

December 21, 2022

Bob Kuhn 1997 Interview

December 14, 2022

Visit to a Museum by Edgar Degas

October 28, 2022

New Reference Photos – Maleny, Queensland

October 22, 2022

On Changing Style

July 13, 2022

My Go-To Resources for Theory

July 1, 2022

The Letter by Frederick McCubbin

June 20, 2022

On Selling Your Work

June 17, 2022

On the True Value of an Artwork

June 17, 2022

Henry Hensche – Master Colorist

June 15, 2022

Why Broken Color Is So Effective for Painting the Landscape

May 28, 2022

Garden Painting Tips

April 6, 2022

Why I Would or Wouldn’t Paint This

March 17, 2022

100 of My Favorite Paintings

March 14, 2022

My 2022 Studio

March 12, 2022

Montville, Tree in Mist – Key Takeaways

March 10, 2022

Misty Lake Through The Trees

February 14, 2022

Spring Landscape by Arthur Wesley Dow

February 7, 2022

On Finishing a Painting

February 4, 2022

Fechin on Technique

February 2, 2022

Two Recent Paintings and a Lesson on Simplification

January 24, 2022

A Lesson on Atmospheric Perspective

January 19, 2022

Van Gogh Alive

December 24, 2021

How I Travel With Wet Paintings

December 1, 2021

Frank Benson’s Summer

August 1, 2021

A Lesson on Color Temperature

July 13, 2021

Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky, The Girl in the Forest

July 4, 2021

Updated: Composition Guide

July 1, 2021

Composition in Two Questions

June 21, 2021

12 Palette Knife Painting Tips

June 18, 2021

Painting With a Specific Objective

June 10, 2021

Wise Words From the Impressionists

March 2, 2021

Frans Hals and Balancing Competing Interests

December 23, 2020

Make Mistakes Work for You (Rather Than Against You)

February 27, 2019

Good Habits and Bad Habits in Art

January 19, 2019

What Kind of Artist Do You Want to Be?

January 11, 2019

Guidelines For Watching Other Artists

September 29, 2018