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Most of the articles formerly posted here now reside on my landscape blog, Essential Concepts of Landscape Painting. There you will find older articles as well as regular new posts on the theory and practice of painting, along with regular updates on my creative process in the "Studio Visit" section.

Below are just a few of the articles you'll find there:

Video Lesson: Color Strategies in Plein Air

On Location with Stasinos and Albala: Same Subject, Different Visions

Convincing Color Relationships Between Sky and Ground

The Not-So-Simple Art of Simplification

Optimal Orientation of Both Subject and Artist in Plein Air

Value Divisions in Landscape Painting

The Tyranny of Photo Reference

Should I Shoot Slides of My Work?

The Harmony of Neutrals

Nickel Titanate, the Coolest Yellow

Advantages of the Alkyd Medium

Mitchell Juries Plein Air Painters’ U.S. Open: Winners’ Preview

Abstracting Nature Demonstration – Genesis and Development of an Abstract Landscape

Limited Palettes Part 1 - Expanded Primaries

The Lessons of Fog: Massing, Values Zones, Edges and Neutrals