This is the first in a series of posts concerning the mental process your brain should be taking in making a great painting. Every piece will go through these stages and depending upon how well they are executed will result in the quality of the painting. I’m going to skip over “Concept”, which is actually [...]
Yes, throughout my years as an artist I’ve found a valuable secret that is 85% of being a successful artist or as part of your quest to becoming an artist, period. It’s not hard. In fact, it’s one of the easiest and most simple things you can do but I find that many professional artist [...]
Color Intensity!
I used to watch a fantastic artist named Brian Stelfreeze every year at the Heroes comic convention doing a painting for the annual Heroes auction. Many times I’d notice how he would create a hot spot of the most vibrant, intense color that would just leaped off of his painting. How does he get [...]

