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Diagonal lines bring energy and movement to any painting. Vertical and horizontal lines are stabilizing and indicate calm and peace. So...

There is a classic art book called “Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting” by John F Carlson which was written in the middle of the last...

I’m in the middle of writing a watercolour course for Artefacto.school online which I’m really enjoying. I’m also painting some larger...

It is so easy to paint a boring picture! I’m sure we all have failed paintings tucked away somewhere that just didn’t work out right....

Have you ever heard of Rabatment? I confess that I had never come across this term until I watched a Youtube tutorial last week by the...

I don’t know about you, but I am always searching to find out what makes a good painting. I know that some of mine work out just fine and...

I was looking through Google images the other day for paintings by the Impressionists and came across the work of Gustave Caillebotte. He...