Daily painting

Learn how to create a consistent and daily painting habit so that you can move forward, improve your painting skills and start achieving your goals!

'Poppy Abstraction' 7x5 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $100 You know you should. But it is hard to find time. And even when we do have the time it is often wasted as we try to figure out what to paint. We all have heard the benefit of painting practice and how painting smaller and more frequently can help us improve. Devoting time to put in those important 'miles of canvas' can be a challenge. But it can be done if we take some simple steps. Lower your expectations. Try not to approach…

By Carrie Lewis in Art Business Advice > General Art Advice Let’s face it. Most artists can’t afford to be full-time artists. They love to create and they even sell their work, but simply do not earn enough studio income to make quitting their day job feasible. Many of us also have obligations in addition to a full or part-time job (or two). Even the business side of being a part-time artist can gobble up incredible amounts of time. With all of […]

Julian Merrow-Smith

Now that I’m full time at this and painting a lot more, I have more opportunity to try things out and develop my painting process as I go. I’m going to try to post a bit more here about how my process is changing currently, and how I put my paintings together, since it might give you some ideas f

Daily paintings from Provence by British artist Julian Merrow-Smith. Postcard from Provence is a project recording the seasons in his adopted home in Provence. This painting is titled 'Laphroaig' , and is one of 3523 daily paintings from the artists's studio in France created since 2005

Daily paintings from Provence by British artist Julian Merrow-Smith. Postcard from Provence is a project recording the seasons in his adopted home in Provence. This painting is titled 'Bowl of quinces ' , and is one of 3523 daily paintings from the artists's studio in France created since 2005

Many of you have probably heard of daily painters. Daily painting is the practice of creating a painting a day, for a certain time period. This is something that requires much preparation before taking on the task. The painting a day movement originally began with Duane Keiser a few years ago, and caught on rapidly. Back then, Duane completed a small painting every single day, posted them to his blog, and auctioned them at Ebay. For those who think they are ready to do the same, there are…

In this free demo, Robert Burridge shows readers some acrylic painting techniques with fruit painting, using shapes, light, and color for a good practice session.

Daily paintings from Provence by British artist Julian Merrow-Smith. Postcard from Provence is a project recording the seasons in his adopted home in Provence. This painting is titled 'Winding road' , and is one of 3590 daily paintings from the artists's studio in France created since 2005