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A well-executed drawing and composition make up the core tenets of Jose Lopez Vergara’s oil paintings

A well-composed composition sets the stage for Lyn Diefenbach's paintings, which are brought to life through line, tone, colour, and edge.

Grace M. DeVito shows how to turn everyday objects into items of importance within still life paintings

Tips for writing your biography and artist’s statement

Using rapid brushstrokes and copious amounts of water, João Cabral enhances the transparency of his watercolors

Eric Erekson's paintings are his response to the abstract shapes and colors that Constantly emerge from the evolving work.

Jeannie Dolan's paintings reflect the emotion she felt upon finding her subject matter

Working with pencils of moderate softness, Solomiia Boiko blends layers of color in varying degrees of pressure

Revered Beijing artist's flower and bird paintings show a profound traditional element, achieved from years of studying the ancient masterworks. But he is regarded by his contemporaries as being truly original.

Gemma Gylling has found the the properties of colored pencils allow for an array of techniques, styles and values

Often taking hundreds of photos, Sarah Abbott experiments with numerous ideas when planning her compositions

Using photographs and firsthand experience, Bari Duncan captures the movements of water

Through carefully designed scenes, Atle Skudal allows interpretation of the stories in his composition.

An inside look at a two-week summer intensive painting workshop in New York City

Harley Brown’s fascinating things no one else will tell you

How the unique characteristics of pastel can achieve transcendental light and lush hues for special subjects.

The ins and outs of submitting your artwork to juried shows

You can win generous cash prizes, Award Certificates and subscriptions. Anyone can win - using any medium.

You can win generous cash prizes, Award Certificates and subscriptions

Or you can enter using digital printouts and online!

A slow and steady application of soft washes allows Aki Kano to create portraits that capture nuanced emotion

Character development

Achieving an individual vision

A charcoal drawing demonstration

The mission of this self-proclaimed poet-with-a-paintbox is to show people the deeper sensibilities of nature - the things that tend to go unnoticed.

Prior planning and calculated compositions allow Theo Felizzola the freedom to paint his original concepts

Peggy Sands, David McEwan, Kavi, Jeroen Coenders, Klaus Hinkel, Andrea Matthijs, Jake Baddeley

Ulco Glimmerveen - Netherlands, Margit Kaseorg - Norway, Heli Tuhkanen - Finland, Echi Aaberg - Sweden, Jeroen Dercksen - Netherlands, Helmuth Graff - Austria, Jacek Cichon - Poland