How to Paint
Featured Artist Alan James
Alan James is a highly respected award winning watercolor artist and teacher. His art graces the walls of many private and corporate collectors worldwide. Alan James currently teaches watercolors , at his studio in Deep River, CT, at Jerry’s Artarama and at the historic Lyme Art Association, the birth place of American impressionism. His teaching…
Read MoreAcrylic Resin Pour Demo with Richard Stergulz
Richard Stergulz is an Illinois native who by the age of eight knew he wanted to be an artist. He graduated from the American Academy of Art in Chicago in 1983 which began his successful commercial art career. After 12 years of doing commercial art, Richard felt it was time to fine tune his fine…
Read MoreFeatured Artist Brienne Brown
Much to her mother’s indignation, Brienne owned little clothing that was not covered in paint. From a very young age, Brienne showed talent in art and music, but wanted to pursue a career in the sciences. She started her education at the University of Utah as a double major (Art and Chemistry), eventually receiving a…
Read MoreFeatured Artists Sharen-Lee McLachlan and Teresa Franks
From the artists and sisters Sharen-Lee McLachlan and Teresa Franks: “We grew up in a small country town in New South Wales called Gunnedah where we spent hours of our childhood wandering through the forest with our grandparents looking for fairies, and finding all types of birds, animals and butterflies. Being artists, they encouraged…
Read MoreMixed Media Demo Part 2 with Graeme Stevenson
Alongside art, Graeme Stevenson studied martial arts and bred Australian parrots, learning falconry and studying taxidermy in his teenage years. Through these hobbies, Stevenson gained a better understanding of avian anatomy. This would prove invaluable as he combined it with his passion for art, using his pet birds as subjects and starting his journey as…
Read MoreMixed Media Demo Part 1 with Graeme Stevenson
Born in New South Wales, Australia, Graeme Stevenson’s passion for art began at age 5, knowing even then that he wished to become an artist. He took his first art lessons at age 11. In spite of always getting into trouble in school for drawing instead of writing, he reached the hall of fame in…
Read MorePaint Tropical Water – Refraction with Mark Waller
Painting tropical water – refraction – with Mark Waller. From Mark: “Reality is a relative concept. We each construct a version of it that fits our beliefs, relationships and social structures. It appears to me that the structure that we have constructed for ourselves in Australia, is based on a very narrow view of reality,…
Read MoreHow to Paint Shadows on the Beach with Mark Waller
Mark Waller was born in 1963 in Papua New Guinea, and has been creating ever since he could hold a pencil. He moved to Lennox Head in Australia in 1973. Always an “outsider”, Mark Waller was aware that his perception was different and that he noticed details that weren’t readily obvious to other people. Lennox…
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