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The Most Important Step to Painting is Drawing
To be a good figure painter you should know how to draw.  My teacher Sergei Bongart would tell students...
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Observing in Airports
Drawing under a little bit of pressure is one of my favorite things. Get the gesture fast because...
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My Experience With A 100 Day Challenge
In April, I decided to sign up for this program called the 100 Day Challenge. At the time...
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When the ship is sinking… what would You save?
When faced with a disaster, what would you save? Who hasn’t considered this classic rhetorical question? What would...
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Nancy Boren interview
OPA is pleased to announce that Nancy Boren will be providing a painting demonstration at next year’s 2018...
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BACK TO BASICS: VALUE
In a spring post, I spoke about the importance of drawing in the hierarchy of a painting’s success....
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Warm ups, a path to the “Zone”
The “zone,” the moment when the artistic vision is met with complete engagement of all the senses: physical,...
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Put Yourself Out There!
As artists, we are forced to open up and put our inner thoughts and emotions into our artwork,...
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Tips for your Toolbox
I hope this blog finds you well and painting. Here are some tips for your tool box as...
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A copyist at work in the European Paintings galleries of the met museum
Sketching With The Masters At The Met
I’m taking a class from the New York Academy of Art called Master Copying Class at the Metropolitan...
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