The Artist’s Blog

This week, we travel to Cádiz, Spain, where the brilliance of sea and sky meets the warmth of historic stone. The focus is on using blue not just as a background, but as a powerful compositional element. From gradients to tonal balance, explore how blue shapes mood, depth, and atmosphere.

This week we travel to Frankfurt, Germany, where the contrast between Indian summer warmth and the steel-blue skyline sets the tone for exploring soft and hard edges in urban landscapes.

Learn how to use irregular visual rhythm in your landscape paintings to guide the viewer's eye and create natural harmony.

Learn how to use irregular visual rhythm to bring natural flow, harmony, and depth to your landscape art. With painting tips, artwork examples, and visual strategies.

Our focus point is the Rule of Thirds: how to use it effectively to guide the viewer’s eye and create balanced compositions. Get inspired, check the photo breakdown, and join the weekly prompt.

Learn how to use diagonals and dynamic composition in landscape art with this week’s reference photos from Park City, Utah.