I regularly have visitors to my gallery ask why I favor linen canvas over cotton. I’ve been painting on linen with oils for the past several years, but I used cotton exclusively in the early days. Painting along merrily, I began to … Read More
I’m excited to announce that my new instructional DVD, Steps for Successful Plein Air Painting, is now shipping! Order by January 31, 2013 to receive the special introductory discounted price. Plein air painting (painting outdoors) presents several unique challenges to … Read More
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of questions from other artists asking how I make the canvas panels that I use for plein air painting. Some of the reasons that I use canvas panels rather than stretched canvas for plein … Read More
For this studio painting I used Claessens double oil primed linen canvas, #15 (my usual painting surface). This painting, as with most of my larger paintings, was completed using a photograph as my reference. (My wife, Sarah, is the … Read More