This is a guide to the best competitions to give you a kick start in your painting career. Why Enter A Painting Competition? One of the best ways of getting you, and your work, noticed is to enter a painting competition...
I need a wide range of oil painting colors to get the color harmony I want in my work but it is always a problem carrying a lot of tubes of paint when you travel. This is even more of a problem when you travel by air...
Important: Add your own pochade box reviews This mission of this guide is to create a database of pochade box reviews written by artists (and not just by the author of this guide). The key idea is that this guide is...
Types of painting media Often students ask what type of paint is best for beginners? When doing the Virtual Art Academy program you are free to choose to work in whatever medium you like. Oils, acrylics, watercolor...
Why critique master paintings? The best way to learn how to become a good painter is to understand how a master painting is constructed. Until you understand how a master painting works, and why it works, you will...
What Is Notan? Why do certain paintings win art competitions? The answer lies a lot in the harmonious arrangement of black, white, and gray in the painting. A synthetic arrangement of dark and light creates an...
