As artists, we tend to accumulate frames that just don’t quite work. They may have gotten damaged being...

Saying the last two years have been difficult is an understatement. It has been a dark period and...

There’s no painting like snow painting! Ever tried painting snow? …While also standing in snow? …Outside? A few...

The Pandemic changed everything. I’m sure this is true for many artists; the prolonged social isolation became a...

Originally written by long-serving Board member and Master Signature artist James Bruce Jr., (January 1938 – December 2020)...

Over the past several years I have written posts for OPA about different painting fundamentals. I would like...

Throughout the ages, since the very first scrawls were made in caves and tribal hunting events were recorded...

If you’re like me, seldom do you emerge from an art-supply shop without having bought a new brush....

Did you know that OPA has been sharing artists’ blog posts for over ten years?  We have an extensive...

A long-standing wish of mine was fulfilled this summer: to teach at the New Orleans Academy of Fine...