Latest Sunday BLOOM
A Game-Changing Conversation About Your Art (and Life)
The best paintings never say the same thing twice. There’s a conversation happening between the marks on a canvas, a call and a response, the same dynamic that makes real…
Featured Sunday BLOOMS
Why Painting on the Floor Changes Everything
Working on a big, heavy panel can make it tempting to stick with one static setup out of sheer practicality. A simple shift, thumbtacking raw canvas to a panel and laying it flat on the ground, opens up an entirely different way of seeing and working, one that’s harder to…
How to Keep Your Acrylic Layers From Feeling Disconnected
Acrylic paint dries fast, which can leave old and new layers feeling disconnected, like two different paintings stacked on top of each other. A simple studio process, rewetting the surface before painting thick, solves this by slowing the drying time down and letting new work truly integrate with what came…
The Magic Ingredient I Add to My Acrylic Paint
As a former oil painter, acrylic paint has two frustrating qualities to me, it’s thin and it’s slippery, making it hard to build texture or draw into. A simple studio fix, mixing in fine marble dust, solves both problems at once and opens up the same rich, textured surfaces once…
