Technical Skills vs Principles
Published: Sat, 06/27/20
Dear, Watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, gouache, colored pencils, ink... These are all media with which we create paintings and drawings. Each one of…
Dianne Mize Studio
Tips and ideas for composing paintings and drawings
A Huge Possible Announcement
Published: Fri, 06/26/20
Hello, Would you like to travel to rural Sautee-Nacoochee, Georgia for a weekend workshop with Dianne? At this moment, with all that is going on, we…
Quick Tip 275: Luminosity
Published: Wed, 06/24/20
June 24, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 275 LUMINOSITY
Same Language, Different Universes
Published: Sat, 06/20/20
Dear, Do you see anything in common with the two paintings below? Now here's the kicker: Both these paintings were done by the same artist, the late…
Quick Tip 274: Relative Value
Published: Wed, 06/17/20
June 17, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 274 RELATIVE VALUE
Encore: Sensory Entrance and Why it Matters
Published: Sat, 06/13/20
By popular request, this post is a somewhat edited and spruced up encore from February 19, 2018. I hope you enjoy it. Dear, A musician's sensory…
Quick Tip 273: Brown's Not Brown
Published: Wed, 06/10/20
June 10, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 273 BROWN'S NOT BROWN
Finding A Composition Among Clutter
Published: Sat, 06/06/20
Dear, When we're outside looking for a subject to paint, nature rarely gives us the ideal scene. In fact, if finding that perfect scene is our…
Quick Tip 272: The Plain Truth about Plances
Published: Wed, 06/03/20
June 3, 2020 This Week's Quick Tip 272 THE PLAIN TRUTH ABOUT PLANES
Rules? I Don't Think So...
Published: Sat, 05/30/20
Dear, There are those who talk about the principles of painting as if they are rules to be followed, but I don't agree with that viewpoint. A rule is…