COMPOSE

These days there is a lot of confusion about color wheels.  Why are there so many?  Which one is the "correct" one?  Why bothe...

Whether painting a landscape scene or putting together a still life setup, the L Path is a tired and proven method for balancing the maj...

American painter Richard Schmid has an intuitive eye for design. Those of us who know Richard's work never tire of viewing the sam...

We've been taught that 2x2=4.  But that's not all the story:  2x2=1+3 as well. 2x2 also equals 5-9 and 24/6.  It's a matter ...

My favorite segment of the radio show, Performance Today, is the Piano Puzzler .  Pianist and composer, Bruce Adolphe re-writes a famili...

Edges are boundaries that form shapes.  One of the most powerful tools artists have available is the ability to suggest these boundaries...

Does every painting need a focal point? Not always, say some professionals, but others consider it an absolute requirement. In fact, man...

Those of us fortunate enough recently to have experienced the total eclipse of the sun felt the awe of its light contracting, disappeari...

To begin with, I dislike using the word "scheme" when discussing anything art related. Bad behavior of humans have given the w...

If I tell you that in your painting your occlusion shadows are missing, would you know what I'm saying?  We talk a lot about...