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Dramatic Clouds – How to Use Them in Landscape Art
Dramatic clouds and color contrast can turn skies into storytellers—master their use in your next painting.
Simplify the Scene: Foreground vs Background (Weekly Challenge #167)
Practice separating background and foreground to create more depth and clarity in your art.
Foreground vs Background: How to Guide the Eye in Landscape Art
Learn to lead the eye in your art by separating foreground from background — even in scenes with subtle depth.
Exploring Composition with the Rule of Thirds (Weekly Challenge #166)
Explore the rule of thirds in this week's art challenge set in Portrush, Northern Ireland.
The Rule of Thirds in Art: How to Use It, Break It, and Make It Yours
Master the rule of thirds in art — when to follow it, when to break it, and how it transforms your landscape painting.
Texture and Memory – Gorée Island, Senegal (Weekly Challenge #165)
This week’s Landscape Art Club challenge takes us to Gorée Island, Senegal. A place of immense historical weight and visual richness, Gorée offers an intense study in texture — from eroded stone walls and shuttered colonial houses to haunting doorways. As we explore texture in art, we invite you to sketch, paint, or draw how surfaces carry meaning, memory, and atmosphere.
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