Painting Tips
Data Analysis of My Art Business
Jan 21, 2025
For the entirety of my career as a professional artist, I've kept detailed records of all the work I've created. This is a basic analysis of the data....
Increasing Your Exposure—Studio Safety for Professional Artists
Mar 31, 2024
Did you ever wonder if there was a single thing that could differentiate professional artists from amateur artists?...
A Short Guide to GIMP Plugins
Jan 29, 2024
This article provides a brief guide to getting started with automated image editing in GIMP. ...
Using Blender to Create Artist's Reference Images
Nov 3, 2022
In this article, I set out to examine whether models created in Blender can be used as reference images for traditional artwork....
Working From Photos: New Paintings Summer 2021
Jul 25, 2021
This article shows some of my recent work—all painted from reference photos—with a description of how I tried to get beyond the photo in each case....
An Easy Way to Rescue Failed Paintings
Jul 19, 2019
One advantage of painting on panels is that you can occasionally salvage a painting by removing part of it with a saw. In this blog post I show some of the pieces I recently created by cropping down old paintings....