Hi! Come on in and let me show you around my new studio. The concept for the studio began in 2000 when I bought my cottage, a 1940s duplex. I planned to use the front unit as my home and the rear u…

Using a glass palette for oil painting has so many advantages for artists, I show you how to set up your glass palette, make your own, and never worry about a palette again.

Brush Care Avoid dipping a dry brush into oil paint. For natural hair brushes, first, dip the brush into painting medium. This distributes the natural oils of the brush hairs and allows each hair to load properly with paint. Different levels of the painting require different types of brush hair. Underpainting: Bristle or Synthetic: Requires […]

Here is a curated list of the best oil paints (by skill level). Find the right oil paints for you − whether you're an oil painting beginner or professional.

When we moved to Silicon Valley for my husband’s medical residency in 2014, our family of five could barely afford our two bedroom, 900 sq ft apartment. I was raising three kids five and under in an unfamiliar city while my husband practically lived at the hospital. Just two years before I had a dedicated […]