LEARNING FROM YOUR SERIES (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Rebecca Janes is beginning a new series of paintings, inspired by one successful piece that seemed to “just happen.” Listen in to this art critique with Susan, and learn how to identify the important elements that make a painting...

FORGING AN AUTHENTIC VOICE (Suggested for Stage Five; Flow) For this month’s art critique we have the pleasure of speaking with Louise Fletcher. Having started off largely painting abstracted landscapes, since becoming part of the Art2life family, Louise has been continuously pushing the...

BRINGING BIG SPACE TO YOUR WORK (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Susan Hart came to Nick in search of a cure for small shape-itis. Her desire has been to bring space to her paintings, giving room to the balance of the many small shapes she likes to include in...

STRENGTHENING DESIGN, WHEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS WORKING (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) In this month’s Art Critique, Karen Stamper was wanting her paintings to feel bigger, but with a tendency to get hung up on certain areas, her paintings were feeling small instead. Listen in on how Nick...

ONLY YOU CAN PAINT LIKE YOU! (Suggested for Stage Three; Learning) Working from memory, representational artist, Penny Forrest seeks beauty in the everyday and the ordinary. In this Art Critique with Nicholas, she simply wanted to know how to improve her work. Listen in as Nick shares how...