Using photography, collage, tapestry, and video, Erin M. Riley, Leah Schrager, Alexa Meade, and more reveal the meanings of self-representation today.

Simon Hennessey is a Birmingham, UK based artist who paints realistic images of famous landmarks around the world as reflected in the lense...

This blog along with the previous 4, and the next 22 are designed specifically for the Plein Air Adventure class to go along with the demonstrations I do before each class. The info works just as well for studio paintings. First, study the scene. I usually do a quick value sketch of the scene as a way to study it. What I'm looking for is the edge where the darkest dark meets the lightest light-otherwise known as the focal point. Here' the waterline is the darkest dark with tree trunks on the…

James Lloyd, Portrait Painter

Inspired by Virginia Woolf's words in the title, this painting is a contemplation on compassion. Image is of a hand delicately touching water. A painterly reflection of the hand is portrayed in the water's ripples.

This is an oil painting I did over Thanksgiving holiday at my parents house. I was assigned to do a painting of someone's reflection painted in an analogous color palette. I had a few different ideas all with children that I was thinking of doing. Here is one of my sketch book pages: I chose to do a little girl scrutinizing and admiring herself in a mirror. I painted it in a yellow analogous palette (the color is not showing up perfectly in the photo but it's close). My four-year-old sister…

Another one with reflections and water, I was inspired by some of Linnea Strid's paintings on flickr. Arantxa helped me take the photo with her camera, they are her hands. Check out my blog for a description of the creative process: larcey.blogspot.com/

"Winter Reflections", artwork by Elena Morozova. Painted with oil on canvas, it depicts a vase with artist brushes, tubes of oil paint, a golden tray, and a large vintage mirror #stilllifepainting #fineartpainting #oilpainting

Linnea Strid was born in Sweden in 1983. When she was 16 she moved to Spain with her family and there she started her career as an artist. She primarily paints in hyper-realism style. Her pictures …