Today’s blog is from OPA Master, Dan Gerhartz, with some insights he shared during the 2012 “Weekend with the Masters”....

I have received a number of questions about painting “backgrounds” specifically for portraits. Too many students spend their...

Most of us, as artists, often don’t know where to turn to sell our work. If we had...

I have been teaching art for over 50 years and drawing and painting for 75 years. Where did...

“Sometimes it takes an expert to point out the obvious.”    –Scott Allen On a recent fall afternoon, noted...

Remember paisley?  I do.  My brother had a 1971 Plymouth Fury Gran Coupe with a paisley vinyl top. ...

What is it like to win a big award at a national art show? How would you spend...

Every winter I have to remind myself that artists don’t need to be on a perfect sunny sea...

This past September, my mother, dog and I decided to take a road trip to Utah to visit...

What motivates us to do the things we do?  For some, it is a pursuit of money, for...