In the Bright Light Fine Art Community Group 1. 2024-04-03 WEEKLY ATELIER/ Gregg Kreutz: Painting Imaginary Landscapes-1After years of painting on the streets of New York City and traveling the world painting its beauty, Gregg has cataloged hundreds of city and landscape elements in his head. With that wealth of information,... Read More
Sherrie McGraw's work will be featured in the 50th Annual Prix de West.® June 17th and 18th at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City Prix de West is the nation’s premiere Western art exhibition & sale, bringing some of the finest artists and representations of the... Read More
CalVets Mural Project—“It’s All In The Game” By Stacy Kamin On January of 2019 some of the veterans at Cal Vets asked me to paint a mural for their building. John Knight, one of the WWII Veterans, asked that the painting be about certain residents at Cal Vets—Leroy Eckles, Sam Nickens, Warren... Read More
Listen in to a helpful discussion around painters block and get tips on some things artists and students can do to overcome it, and work through it. Jackie: Good to see you this morning. Sherrie: Yes. Jackie: Yes, I want to talk to you today about feeling, and what do you do when you feel that... Read More
How to Understand What Paintings Reveal & Their Brushstrokes with Sherrie McGraw Discover what secrets paintings reveal in this wonderful webinar featuring Sherrie McGraw OPAM, and hosted by Oil Painters of America (OPA). Watch the webinar below to learn from one of today's most prominent artists, OPA Master Signature... Read More
Listen in and review the dialogue between Sherrie and Jackie in today's blog on how teaching art can teach you to become a master. What Do You Learn from Teaching Art? Jackie: Hi, Sherrie. How are you? Sherrie: I'm good, Jackie, how are you doing? Jackie: Good. Good. Today I want to talk about your... Read More
Jackie and Sherrie discuss why drawing and Painting from the live nude model important. Jackie: Hi, Sherrie. Sherrie: Hi Jackie. Jackie: Today, I thought we'd talk about a universal subject that most artists would love to hear you comment about. That is drawing and painting from the live nude model. It’s a subject artist have... Read More
Jackie Kamin and Sherrie McGraw once again enjoy a discussion to share some best practices on painting and drawing mediums to use to best capture your subject. Watch the video below or read the transcription to get their tips. Jacqueline Kamin/ Oil showing beautiful paint qualityPaul Murray/ Pastel as finished... Read More
For today's blog, Sherrie and Jackie discuss how you choose the canvas size that you want to work on. Watch the video below and/or read the transcription. Jackie: For various subjects, it's something that is really perplexed me all the time. It is that once the subject that I've set... Read More
Sherrie McGraw/ Tang Horse in an inspired set up Raw set up Inspirational light on objects David A Leffel/ Painting of same rug as part of a visual concep David A Leffel/ Inspired by evening light in Des Montes The most important way to find inspiration for a painting is to be open to your... Read More
