Art without apology

Latest

The Color You Can't Mix
The Color You Can't Mix

There are colors you can't mix. Not because the theory is wrong, but because the pigments don't behave the way the color wheel says they should.

Read more →
Painting the Same Subject Forty Times
Painting the Same Subject Forty Times

Monet had his haystacks. Cézanne had his mountain. There's something that happens when you commit to a subject long enough to stop seeing it the way you first saw it.

Read more →
Cold Press, Hot Press, and the Lie They Tell You at the Art Store
Cold Press, Hot Press, and the Lie They Tell You at the Art Store

The art store will tell you cold press is for texture and hot press is for detail. That's true as far as it goes. What they won't tell you is how much the paper fights back.

Read more →