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
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.
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.
This is a recent interview with Sherrie McGraw. It gives people a different side of her than in the art instructional videos. Hosted by Lori McNee at Fine Art Tips, she helps listeners and viewers discover new things about one of our favorite... Read More
When Abstract Realism and Expressionism dawned in the late 1960s and early 1970s, some of its leaders—Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline and Willem DeKooning—came on the scene showcasing the abstract beauty of paint itself without the dilution of a recognizable image. Pollock highlighted creativity in the controlled accident. Kline in... Read More
How do I prime a raw linen canvas? This blog will explain priming raw linen and how to oil prime a raw linen canvas. This age-old archival method of priming a canvas for painting in oils creates a smooth surface that far surpasses what is available commercially. If you have a... Read More
In this wonderful and informative blog, Stacy Kamin leads us through the very complex theory of shadows when painting light and shadow in the chiaroscuro way of working in oil. In oil painting shadows help create the illusion of dimension. One of the most important techniques is the skill to... Read More
This blog will explain the Golden Mean, Golden Ratio and Golden Section. These terms all refer to the same phenomenon. They reflect a regularly occurring proportional ratio in nature that can be included in your art to achieve effective composition. The Golden Section is a mathematical ratio commonly found in nature, which is the ratio... Read More
