A mini-business plan for improving my paintings. Proactive steps for the painter #2

by admin | Feb 27, 2011 | concepts in painting, Education

See first post on this topic Since my last post of self-evaluation of my paintings, I have assembled these proactive steps to help myself move forward. No use beating your self up if it does not bring about some kind of improvement So this time I have taken a more...

Self evaluation, the life and pain of being an artist #1

by admin | Feb 23, 2011 | concepts in painting, Education

Don’t let your anxieties about certain parts of painting steer you away from what you can do. Change, fears, frustrations to accomplish what I want to accomplish are all the things that hamper me from moving forward. Sometimes I steer away from a direction because I...

Moonlit Night – Using Photoshop to help with your grey tones #1

by admin | Feb 15, 2011 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, Uncategorized

This painting was taken from a photo I had taken that inspired me. I am including it in my Urban painting series and want to use this painting to explore the massing together of similar shapes and tones in a composition. It is amazing how few shapes and tones we need...

My Story

by admin | Jan 25, 2011 | concepts in painting

It has been many years since I designed packages for some of the largest major household brands in the country owned by P&G, Johnson and Wax and Nerf. Package design was required to pop. It had to distinguish itself from other brands within seconds. The work I...

An artist e-mailed me last week with this question:

by admin | Jan 17, 2011 | concepts in painting, Education

I work in advertising, but miss painting and drawing. What can I do? I am sure there are a lot of people out there that feel the same way. So I e-mailed him back and wanted to share my response with my loyal readers. Here goes: I am glad to hear you are working in the...

3 Workshops – 3 Locations – Jan. & Feb. 2011

by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | concepts in painting, Education

Get Out of the Box The Basics of Color Shape – Hayley Gallery Download Application here Join nationally acclaimed oil painter, Daryl Urig, for an exploratory journey with color, shapes while painting from photographs. This innovative approach will help take you...