Pro Tips for Painting with Water-Mixable Oils
For nearly 20 years, I have been painting with water-mixable oils. Before that, I primarily painted with acrylics as a wildlife artist. Although I loved acrylic paint, I was ready to loosen up oil paint, [...]
From Duck Stamps to Monet’s Garden – Interview with Lori McNee
"Lori McNee - From Duck Stamps to Monet’s Garden" is an excerpt from a recent interview by Eye on Sun Valley, an online Idaho news channel. Lori McNee in her Idaho studio. From Duck [...]
Helpful Negative Drawing Tips Revealed by Pencil Artist
A pencil artist reveals helpful negative drawing tips to produce vibrant highlights, textures, grasses, hair, feathers, fur and more! Negative drawing is a drawing technique in which the artist uses the white of the drawing [...]
Paint Tuscany with Lori McNee
Back by popular demand, "Paint Tuscany with Lori McNee." Join me (Lori) for an exclusive workshop adventure into the beautiful Tuscan countryside of Lucca, Italy! Now is your chance to go plein air landscape painting [...]
Two Easy Ways to Develop the Focal Point of Your Painting
There are a number of different ways to develop the focal point of your painting. In this post, I am sharing two easy techniques for developing a focal point, plus a helpful list of [...]
My New Painting Inspired by Japanese Kakejiku Scroll Art
Asian art has always inspired me. I love the simplicity, brilliant design and color harmonies these talented artists are able to achieve. My newest body of work has been loosely inspired by Japanese kakejiku [...]
Beautiful Animation of Falling Snowflakes in a Snowy Owl Oil Painting
What a cool animation of my snowy owl oil painting! Much to my surprise, my daughter-in-law made this beautiful animation of my snowy oil painting as a gift for me on Christmas!! It reminds me [...]
Simple Steps to Outdoor Figurative Painting in Color
Colorist Camille Przewodek is acclaimed for her vibrant outdoor landscapes and figurative paintings. In this guest post, Camille reveals her unique approach to seeing and painting color and the effects of light in which the [...]
15 Books to Spark Your Creative Inspiration
Most all artistic people have experienced the dreaded feeling of looking at a blank canvas or computer screen while waiting for creative inspiration to spark. At times, creativity can be elusive. Nevertheless, contrary to popular [...]
Exclusive Monet’s Garden Landscape Painting Workshop 2018
Follow in the footsteps of the French Impressionists. Back by popular demand, join artist Lori McNee for an exclusive week of landscape painting in Monet's Garden! You will have the unique opportunity to paint and [...]
An Easy Art Studio Lighting System for Better Paintings
Proper art studio lighting is one of the most important factors to a successful painting. Over the years, I have used many types of art studio lighting from North Light (great, but NL is limited to [...]
3 Art Website Upgrades Serious Artists Need to Know
Keeping an art website operating well is mandatory for the serious artist. Art website upgrades are important to understand due to technological changes, website security issues and changes in search engine optimization (SEO). Artists need [...]
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