Art Critiques and Answered Questions
"The Member's Minute" is a short weekly video that answers your questions, includes critiques of artwork, tips for improving as an artist, and encouragement to keep going. This feature enables me to help you directly and answer your questions so that everyone can benefit! Past episodes are available below.
The videos feature your questions and your art. So, are you ready to participate?
Here's how to participate...
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2. Upload your art for a critique (optional) - If you are interested in a critique, you can include a work of your art. It may be featured in "The Member's Minute". Fill out the boxes below with your name and email address. Type "Critique" in the subject line. Then, under "Attachment", choose your image file and upload it. (Please make sure to keep your image files under 1 MB.) *Be sure to click the submit button when you have filled out all of the fields.
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Please note that by sending me a voicemail message and/or uploading your artwork, you are allowing me to share it publicly as part of the "The Member's Minute" broadcast. Not all artworks or messages will be featured.
Upload work that you created
Do not upload any work that you did not create. You are responsible for your submission.
Past Episodes
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY 8/8/18
A critique of a graphite drawing and blocking in color with pastels.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-NINE 8/1/18
A critique of an abstract pastel drawing and watercolor papers.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT 7/25/18
A critique of a pastel drawing and storing/sending pastel drawings.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SEVEN 7/18/18
A critique of a pastel landscape and choosing paper colors for pastels.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX 7/11/18
A critique of an acrylic painting and cleaning brushes while painting with oils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE 7/4/18
A critique of a portrait drawing and glazing with acrylics.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR 6/27/18
A critique of an acrylic painting and a question on watercolor brush sizes.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-THREE 6/20/18
A critique of a pastel landscape and layering pastels.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO 6/13/18
A critique of a pastel drawing and a new surface for pastels.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-ONE 6/6/18
A critique of a charcoal drawing and marketing your art.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY 5/30/18
A critique of a watercolor painting and placement of the horizon line in a composition.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE 5/23/18
A critique of an acrylic painting and preparing watercolor paper.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT 5/16/18
A critique of a graphite landscape and setting up a still life.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX 5/8/18
A critique of an pastel landscape and burnishing vs. blending stumps.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX 5/1/18
A critique of a pastel landscape and pastel materials for beginners.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE 4/24/18
A critique of a pastel still life and planning an art curriculum.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR 4/17/18
A critique of an acrylic painting and a question on drawing darker lines initially.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE 4/11/18
A critique of a pastel portrait and capturing specific textures.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO 4/4/18
A critique of a pastel drawing and a question on accuracy in figure drawing.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE 3/28/18
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and a question on layering colored pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTY 3/21/18
A critique of a pen and ink drawing and matching the subject with the medium.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE 3/14/18
A critique of a pastel landscape and sharpening blending stumps.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT 3/7/18
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and using projectors as drawing aids.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVEN 2/28/18
A Critique of a colored pencil drawing.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX 2/21/18
A critique of a pastel landscape and pastel pencils vs. colored pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR 2/14/18
A Critique of an Acrylic Painting and Contrast in References.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR 2/7/18
A drawing critique and using solvents with colored pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE 1/31/18
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and combining colored pencils with watercolor.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-TWO 1/24/18
A critique of a pastel drawing and choosing background colors.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE 1/17/18
A critique of a graphite drawing and combining colored pencils with drawing pens.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTY 1/10/18
A critique of a portrait drawing and drawing from imagination.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-NINE 1/3/18
A critique of a pastel portrait and surfaces for pastel drawing.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT 12/27/17
A critique of a pastel landscape of a winter scene.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN 12/20/17
A critique of an oil painting and using gesso with acrylics.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX 12/13/17
A critique of a watercolor and graphite work and "under-drawing" with graphite.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE 12/6/17
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and capturing the soul in a portrait.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR 11/29/17
A critique of an oil pastel drawing and medium disease.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE 11/22/17
A critique of an acrylic painting and storing your drawings.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-TWO 11/15/17
A critique of a pastel drawing and a question on originality when working from tutorials.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE 11/8/17
A critique of an acrylic painting.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FORTY 11/1/17
A critique of a pastel landscape and a question on watercolor and pen and ink drawing.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE 10/25/17
A critique of an acrylic painting.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT 10/18/17
A critique of an acrylic painting and when it's time to move on to a new medium.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN 10/11/17
A critique of a graphite drawing and the importance of the horizon line in linear perspective.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX 10/4/17
A critique of an acrylic painting and why pastel papers are toned.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE 9/27/17
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and preparing photo references.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR 9/20/17
A critique of a pastel landscape and a quote on starting over.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE 9/13/17
A critique of a graphite drawing and should you stretch your own canvas.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO 9/6/17
A critique of an oil pastel drawing and using gesso on paper.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-ONE 8/30/17
A critique of a portrait drawing and matching colors with pastels.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTY 8/23/17
A critique of a pastel drawing and using masking fluid with colored pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE 8/16/17
A critique of a graphite portrait drawing and fighting perfectionism.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT 8/9/17
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and blending pastels with your fingers.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN 8/2/17
A critique of a graphite drawing and problems with a colorless blender.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX 7/26/17
A critique of a graphite portrait and is it OK to copy "Master" paintings..
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE 7/19/17
A critique of a pastel still life and blending stumps vs. tortillons.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR 7/12/17
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and which colored pencils are the "best".
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-THREE 7/5/17
A critique of a graphite pencil drawing and how to start selling your art.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO 6/28/17
A critique of a pastel pencil drawing and the problem with the grid technique.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE 6/21/17
A critique of several white charcoal drawings and how to make your oil paintings brighter.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY 6/14/17
A critique of a pastel drawing and is art school really necessary for success?
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN 6/7/17
A critique of a graphite drawing and matching colors with colored pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN 5/31/17
A critique of a pastel drawing and why you should learn how to draw if you want to learn how to paint.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN 5/24/17
A critique of a graphite portrait and why you should embrace your artistic style.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN 5/17/17
A critique of a watercolor painting and how much time you should be spending on a drawing.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN 5/10/17
A critique of an oil painting and how to create contrast with colored pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN 5/3/17
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and a question on making white lines against a dark background with colored pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN 4/26/17
A critique of a pastel landscape and a question on pastel pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWELVE 4/19/17
A critique of an oil pastel drawing.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN 4/12/17
A critique of a digital painting and a question on warm and cool reds.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TEN 4/5/17
A critique of a graphite portrait drawing and finding motivation.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED NINE 3/29/17
A critique of a watercolor painting and a question on inconsistent use of media.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED EIGHT 3/22/17
A critique of a graphite drawing and making your drawings look less cartoonish.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SEVEN 3/15/17
A critique of a graphite drawing and a question on pastel pencils.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED SIX 3/8/17
A critique of a charcoal portrait and desaturating watercolors.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FIVE 3/1/17
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and cast shadows for organic forms.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED FOUR 2/22/17
A critique of an "in-progress" oil painting and a question on water-mixable oil paints.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED THREE 2/15/17
A critique of a colored pencil drawing and drawing eye glasses.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED TWO 2/8/17
A critique of a mixed media work and a question on canvas purchases and construction.
EPISODE ONE HUNDRED ONE 2/1/17
A critique of a pastel landscape and prepping art for portfolios.