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Notes & Advice 12: What To Consider When Setting Up A Still Life
Discussing some of the subtler points of still life setup with Jake Meeks of Fireside Tattoo Network and Podcast. Part of my alla prima...
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Apr 5, 20201 min read
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On The Benefits of Drawing
About 10 years ago I leveled up my artistic practice in all areas after discovering the classical atelier system of art education. Before...
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Nov 1, 20192 min read
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In The Studio 5: Reworking Plein Air Landscapes
Something I’ve never been a fan of doing is revisiting older paintings after some time has passed. The process of reconstructing or even...
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Jan 27, 20172 min read
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Anatomical Study from Cadavers
One major artistic discipline for which I have the least formal study is anatomy. I find the human figure and its underlying structures...
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Jun 16, 20162 min read
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Miniature Landscapes
This past month I unearthed a bunch of tiny frames from my studio storage for the purpose of painting little gifts for friends and family...
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Jan 2, 20161 min read
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On The Road 10: Peruvian Plein Air
Earlier this month I traveled to Peru, where I trekked to majestic Machu Picchu for the first time, documenting the epic Andes landscape...
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Sep 15, 20155 min read
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Summer Plein Air Adventures
This summer marked my first serious foray into true outdoor (plein air) landscape painting, in an effort to deepen my knowledge on the...
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Sep 1, 20151 min read
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Realism Techniques 3
Working Smarter, Not Harder Here are two more quick paintings from my visit to Jeff Gogue’s studio last summer, which I’ve blogged about...
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May 10, 20122 min read
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