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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…

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Make this art support system on your studio wall…

Welcome back to the Sunday Bloom! Today, I thought I’d go over how I create support for my paintings on the wall.      Whether you’re using screws or nails, working with sheetrock or wood… this is the method I get asked about a lot. It’s a beautiful and efficient…

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Finish your frames like a pro + exciting news!

I’m in the studio today, and I’ve got exciting news to share with you. We just opened registration for this year’s two destination retreats. One’s in Mexico, in a beautiful spot in Playa del Carmen, and the other is on the coast of Italy.  These are incredible places to make…

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This will make changing your art easier!

Today, I want to talk about changing your art, and why it’s so hard, especially when the painting’s already kind of working.  There’s something good happening in it, and then… You have to mess it up. That’s where I’m at with this one. There are some beautiful textures underneath, rich…

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