The Studio Journal

How I Start Every Painting: Working Dark to Light in Oil

How I Start Every Painting: Working Dark to Lig...

The one tip I ignored for years being the single most important aspect of every painting I start.

How I Start Every Painting: Working Dark to Lig...

The one tip I ignored for years being the single most important aspect of every painting I start.

Oil Painting Prints for Home: What Actually Works

Oil Painting Prints for Home: What Actually Works

People ask me all the time whether they should buy a print or an original. It's a fair question. But before I can answer it, I want to talk about...

Oil Painting Prints for Home: What Actually Works

People ask me all the time whether they should buy a print or an original. It's a fair question. But before I can answer it, I want to talk about...

What Is an Oil Painting Study? (And Why I Keep Making Them)

What Is an Oil Painting Study? (And Why I Keep ...

The unpolished nature of these paintings fun to do, and buyers love them.

What Is an Oil Painting Study? (And Why I Keep ...

The unpolished nature of these paintings fun to do, and buyers love them.

Why Traditional Oil Painting Is Having Its Biggest Revival Since the 1950s

Why Traditional Oil Painting Is Having Its Bigg...

Last month, I watched a twenty-something painter at Blick Art Materials sweat over the decision of going with ultramarine blue and phthalo blue for her first oil painting kit. She...

Why Traditional Oil Painting Is Having Its Bigg...

Last month, I watched a twenty-something painter at Blick Art Materials sweat over the decision of going with ultramarine blue and phthalo blue for her first oil painting kit. She...

The Three Color Mixes That Changed How I Paint Desert Light

The Three Color Mixes That Changed How I Paint ...

Every Western artist eventually has that moment when they realize their desert paintings look muddy. The reds are too bright, the shadows feel flat, and somehow that golden hour light...

The Three Color Mixes That Changed How I Paint ...

Every Western artist eventually has that moment when they realize their desert paintings look muddy. The reds are too bright, the shadows feel flat, and somehow that golden hour light...

Why Western Figures Are Harder to Paint Than Landscapes

Why Western Figures Are Harder to Paint Than La...

Landscapes forgive you. A mountain that's slightly off still reads as a mountain. The sky can be loosely rendered and nobody calls it wrong. But put a figure into that...

Why Western Figures Are Harder to Paint Than La...

Landscapes forgive you. A mountain that's slightly off still reads as a mountain. The sky can be loosely rendered and nobody calls it wrong. But put a figure into that...