Plein air painting during a pandemic has its challenges. However, there is one main difference. Plein air painters create and produce work outdoors. But when it comes to life-threatening conditions like the Coronavirus, human psychology, behavior, and a feeling of isolation is universal. Keeping motivated
Most of the time, our artistic expectations keep us from finding our passion for painting. Did you know art is one of the oldest professions, if not the oldest profession in the world? Most people think of art as a hobby and a luxurious pastime
Painters painting from photographs have challenges to overcome. Cameras produce two-dimensional images with flat-looking shapes.
A calendar is used to find more time for painting. An exercise explains how to plan and prioritize both personal and painting commitments.
Mother Nature continually surprises me with her natural beauty. While walking down a narrow hiking trail looking for my first painting site in 2021, it didn’t take long to stumble upon this scene.
Ignoring heavy coastal fog, I dusted off my brushes and went painting. Barely seeing the cars in front of me as I searched for a site, I spotted a tree grouping I thought would make a great tutorial study.
With the wonderful help and support from a new web designer, my family and friends, together we have produced and published AnitaHampton.com.
While I was gone, I hope you have been producing a lot of masterpieces! As all of us are well aware these days, life sometimes brings us unexpected patches to deal with that we hadn’t planned on. I am no exception.
At 2:00 am this morning, I realized I missed Thursday's cycling post, and now being Friday evening, there is also NO video to be found for the Cycling Painter.
I first want to say how grateful and excited I am to have friends I have known for years as well as newly acquired friends responding to my website postings already.