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Over the years I've simplified the idea of armatures and reduced it to one main structure. This video walks you through my #1 ...

In this video, I explore how the 35mm focal length transformed my approach to street photography. Unlike tighter lenses that ...

This is a new video to start off 2026 and I want to show you how I painted this painting and you'll see it touches on all the ...

Above all we want viewers to stay with our painting. To be engaged by it. It may seem obvious but I see a lot of paintings where ...

Better paintings begin with mastering composition. This effective workshop in a book blends clear, visual instruction with 5 ...

Everyone says you got to simplify your paintings, but the whole world just seems to be details. They're everywhere. So what do ...

When I first picked up an 85mm lens, I thought it was just for portraits—a tool for creamy backgrounds and flattering faces. But over ...

Here is how the 50mm focal length helped me to improve my street photography composition and how it could help you to do the ...

Composition, although hidden, plays a foundational role in the success of a painting. Ian Roberts, the author of Mastering ...

When we're talking about accuracy of values, we're not talking about accuracy of values and service of the photograph or we're ...

In this video, I show you how just a couple of touches of color can create dynamism between foreground and background in your ...

Mastering Composition Course Information: https://masteringcomposition.com/2026-course-registration/ I love this quote by Derek ...

Do you feel that when you paint, everything seems to sort of fit into this conventional mold, and it's hard to break out of it? Hard to ...

We've been looking at simplification and abstraction these past three or four weeks. This video illustrates a way to apply the idea ...

8 IMPORTANT Composition Tips for Better Photos (Re-upload) So, you're looking to improve your photography and you're ...

The most common comment I get on these YouTube videos is, "I don't really like the photograph that much that you did the ...

You've got three tools to pop the sense of sunlight in your paintings. The first is value. Where the light hits is obviously lighter than ...

In this video, I share some of my drawings from my 30-Day Drawing Challenge, and I explain how I go about simplifying the ...

Edges orchestrate how your eye moves on your painting. Control the edges and you control how the viewer's eye moves. I'll show ...

Last week I showed my thinking behind this image. Some drawings, the tilting of the ground plane. This week I paint it.