Paintings i love

Explorations of the visual world through painting and drawing.

It is no secret, I love the impressionist movement. But how exactly do you paint like an impressionist? Here are 6 tips to help you out.

Some artists just stand out to you; they touch you. You are struck by…

When I ask readers what they are struggling with most in painting, one of the most common replies is a struggle to paint looser and more relaxed. This is a common problem in painting. We tend to overthink and overcomplicate things. The end result is usually a tight and overly refined painting (which is fine if ... Read more

Time for some cheer after the sombe palettes. I love this one. The container doesn’t need any sort of decoration as the flowers speak for themselves Linda Jacobus painter.

Get ready to add texture to your walls! Learn how to make homemade texture paint and achieve stunning visual effects in your living space.

In this post I will be taking a closer look at some of the most dramatic paintings I have come across to see what we can learn from them.

Ali Kay Studio on Instagram: "I cannot take how excited I am about this one! It practically painted itself! I love lilacs! They remind me of childhood summers. We had huge lilac bushes in our yard and my mom would often bring stems in the house."

'In Flander's Fields' 6x6 pastel ©Karen Margulis sold I love a good zoom lens. When I am taking pictures I love to zoom in and get up close and personal with my subject. I love cropping and isolating the subject. I love focusing on just one thing allowing everything else to become less important. I am also drawn to these quiet intimate vignettes when I am painting. I love painting the big view...the vista....that big field of poppies. But then I am drawn in to a more intimate look. I want to…