Feb 20
Simplifying Proportions
By Kate Orr If you have ever attempted to capture a person's likeness, whether through charcoal, paint, or clay, you have doubtlessly...
Jan 16
Anatomy of the Head for Artists
By R. R. Christensen While pursuing my undergraduate degree, I was privileged to spend several years studying figure drawing under...
Dec 19, 2023
The Painter’s Fortune Teller – Mediums
By Nancy Rowe While it might seem like Oil Painting 101, I still struggle with understanding and properly using all of the different...
Nov 21, 2023
The Australian Art Scene
By Janelle Hatherly The art scene in Australia is vibrant and thriving – it always has been. Our clear blue skies and rusty red earth,...
Nov 7, 2023
The Bold & The Beautiful: A Conversation with Shane Wolf
By Kim Azzarito In the Third Quarter 2023 The Art of the Portrait Journal (Issue #99), Assistant Director Kim Azzarito interviewed Shane...
Oct 17, 2023
What will your legacy be?
By Kate Orr Schmidt, Kinstler, Sargent, Waterhouse, Van Gogh, Rockwell, Vermeer, Rosetti, Caravaggio. These are names that spark images...
Sep 20, 2023
Getting Back on the Horse
By Marianne Rice I grew up in the Driftless region of the rural Midwest, where as children we rode horses bareback through the hills and...
