Oil Painting and Art Collecting
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Cleaning Your Oil Painting Brushes - The Best Way To Preserve & Clean
Looking for a good way to get your oil painting brushes clean? My favorite method is with my custom made brush cleaning can which I'll show you how to make. There...
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Painting on Canvas vs Panel - Which Surface Gives the Best Results
One of the biggest factors in how well a painting comes out is the surface which you create it on. Throughout the last twenty years I've slowly narrowed down what...
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How To Package and Ship Artwork - The Best Way I've Found for Prints & Originals
Note: This blog contains affiliate links and purchasing through them supports our site at no extra cost to you. Packaging and shipping artwork is challenging! That's why I've put together...
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Painting Realistically: An In-depth Look at My Process
I think the hardest type of paintings for me are the types with a lot of intricate tree detail and bright colors throughout. It can be so tough to figure out...
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Lighting Your Art Studio - Which Lights to Use for Painting and Drawing
If you’re like me, lighting is everything when it comes to a good studio setup for painting. If we don’t have the proper lights to create under, our work can really...
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Prismacolor Markers - Underpainting: A Step by Step guide
All my life I think that I’ve been a painter by heart. That’s perhaps why I never once considered using markers in my artwork. However one day I was looking...
About The Blog
Welcome to the oil painting and art collecting blog that covers everything from art, painting, and our relationship with nature. Here you'll find helpful information for artists and oil painting techniques along with topics I love related to wildlife and the great outdoors. I share with you all the things I learn and experience through my journey as a traditional artist as well as what inspires my art.