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A full report on the Portrait Society of America Conference in Washington DC.

Insights on the career, techniques and new traveling retrospective of prolific artist Daniel E. Greene

All you need are some carefully selected marks and suggestions to communicate your impression of place.

Kirstie Cohen uses space and ligh to express moods and atmosphere

Verena Heroux has stayed with a subject and a medium that won her heart from the first time she picked up a brush.

How to bring a personal touch to a painting by pushing the effects of color

A tribute to our Canadian Editor who passed away recently

Sarah Linda Poly strives to capture energy and rhythm and pass on to the viewer a sense of the constantly changing landscape.

John Lovett shows us that old ideas can still be brought to fruition, even years later

This artist describes how the careful selection of materials can help you avoid overworking you oil paintings.

Canadian editor Jeane Duffy takes the temperature of the art world.

Canadian artist David Butt tells us about his thought process while preparing for an exhibition

The benefits of using a picture as a reference tool.

Deliberate brushwork, accurate proportions and a strong sense of volume breathe life into the portraiture of Jie Gao

Figurative artist Daniel Bilmes discusses texture, color, narrative and more

Strong visuals

A demonstration in oil

A portrait in oil

Why the act of creation can become a meditation in which the painting can evolve at its own pace and reach its rightful degree of finish.

Developing Style

The last in our series on history-making artist Robert Bateman.

Part 2 of our exclusive profile on this giant of Canadian art presents a showcase of his unpublished works from the middle years of his career.

Limited palette

Color and light followed Barbara Simmons long before she ever touched a sable brush to fine watercolor paper

An interview with Christine Egnoski

Robert Lovett, a modern day Marco Polo, takes us on an artistic adventure to see and paint the exotic places of old China

In the final of this series Australian artist Robert Lovett takes us to a land shrouded in mystique and antiquity

A lifetime's wisdom compressed into a practical manual.

Bryce Cameron Liston shows how to use texture to add an extra dimension to figurative oil painting

The dreamy countryside of the South West of France inspires romantic visions in multiple shades of green.

Mitch Baird talks community, connection and forever learning as an artist

This 120 year old British institution is looking forward.

Boris N. Avdeyev, Strijneva Madejda, Andrew Isaenkov, Anya Belyat, Ludmila Voinova, Andrej Vystropov, Konstantin Voinov, Alexander Tschernyshov

A demonstration in oil

Richard Schmid's newest painting continues his deep love for the connection between music and art

Balanced narrative

Part 5: Color as salvage technique

Part 4: Value as a salvage technique.

Part 3: Using shape as a Salvage Technique.

Part 2: How to salvage almost failed painting using Impact Area as a Salvage Technique.