Daily painting

By Carrie Lewis in Art Business Advice > General Art Advice Let’s face it. Most artists can’t afford to be full-time artists. They love to create and they even sell their work, but simply do not earn enough studio income to make quitting their day job feasible. Many of us also have obligations in addition to a full or part-time job (or two). Even the business side of being a part-time artist can gobble up incredible amounts of time. With all of […]

Learn how to create a consistent and daily painting habit so that you can move forward, improve your painting skills and start achieving your goals!

Daily paintings from Provence by British artist Julian Merrow-Smith. Postcard from Provence is a project recording the seasons in his adopted home in Provence. This painting is titled 'Gesso brush' , and is one of 3596 daily paintings from the artists's studio in France created since 2005

Julian Merrow-Smith

Daily paintings from Provence by British artist Julian Merrow-Smith. Postcard from Provence is a project recording the seasons in his adopted home in Provence. This painting is titled 'Laphroaig' , and is one of 3523 daily paintings from the artists's studio in France created since 2005

'Poppy Abstraction' 7x5 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $100 You know you should. But it is hard to find time. And even when we do have the time it is often wasted as we try to figure out what to paint. We all have heard the benefit of painting practice and how painting smaller and more frequently can help us improve. Devoting time to put in those important 'miles of canvas' can be a challenge. But it can be done if we take some simple steps. Lower your expectations. Try not to approach…

Original Fine Art By © Sarah Sedwick in the DailyPaintworks.com Fine Art Gallery

A Painting A Day Project by Darren Maurer

Many of you have probably heard of daily painters. Daily painting is the practice of creating a painting a day, for a certain time period. This is something that requires much preparation before taking on the task. The painting a day movement originally began with Duane Keiser a few years ago, and caught on rapidly. Back then, Duane completed a small painting every single day, posted them to his blog, and auctioned them at Ebay. For those who think they are ready to do the same, there are…

In this free demo, Robert Burridge shows readers some acrylic painting techniques with fruit painting, using shapes, light, and color for a good practice session.