Star of the Dance

2 years ago
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This article continues the exploration of various techniques used by Samuel Shelton. In this small portrait, 9x12, I used the…

Whites, Values, and Magna Doodle Drawings – Ryan Embry

2 years ago

Do you remember the Magna Doodle? It was a neat little plastic toy popular in the 1980’s, the decade of…

Mona Lisa Facsimile Project

3 years ago

Mark Balma is creating a facsimile copy of the painting using the methods and materials Leonardo used in the creation…

Kimberly Brooks & The New Oil Painting

3 years ago

There are big changes happening now in the world, although in most cases the new forms and expressions are just…

Of Bottles, Balsams and Blues

3 years ago

As many artists are recognizing, the supply situation for art materials is shifting. As one customer recently noted, it used…

ROMAN BLACK EARTH

4 years ago

Roman Black Earth, our newest colour, gets its black from minerals, iron oxides, and carbon. The high iron content means…

New Years’ Resolution: Build A Body of Work

4 years ago

A guest article from the artist Kimberly Brooks! It’s that time of year when we pledge to better ourselves in…

Samuel Shelton and the Ancient Colours

4 years ago

You may be familiar with Samuel Shelton’s work from a previous article on The Art Treehouse web site: The Making…

Reimagine – Reinvent

5 years ago

A guest article by Kimberly Brooks. I never buy the Financial Times. But it was pink, it was in the…

What is Sun Thickened Oil?

8 months ago

The use of Sun Thickened Oil dates back at least to the 14th century. At one point, someone discovered that…

Teaching Oil Painting in College – Angela Batchelor

10 months ago

Angela Batchelor currently lives in Twin Falls, Idaho with her husband, two sons, dog, and a small flock of chickens.…

Sun Thickened Walnut Oil – Ark and Manna – Samuel Shelton

10 months ago

Samuel Shelton writes: I have had a little time to play around with the new Sun Thickened Walnut Oil from…

Restoring My Ability to Paint – Barb Witlin

1 year ago

Barb Witlin currently has two paintings in the Omnibus 3D virtual gallery in Dresden Germany.  She also is featured in…

Pigments and Binders

1 year ago

On Pigments by Debu Barve -- Remember c o l o r s ?  This question sounds silly because we…

COLORLAB – Maria Boto Ordonez

1 year ago

Laboratorium, KASK, Ghent Art Academy  The experimental lab for art/design and biotechnology of KASK. María Boto is a scientific researcher…

Color-field Painting, Freedom, and Willy Richardson’s Immersive Art

1 year ago

A Painter Who Became Allergic to Paint An essay by Friedhard Kiekeben and Willy Richardson Reproduced with reprint permission by…

Painting Process One – Samuel Shelton

2 years ago

In this series of articles, Samuel Shelton offers details about three different and unique approaches he uses in his work.…