Talking to the artist (be that person a visual, writing, or performing artist) in your life can be hard. Here I cover some ideas about what not to and what to talk about (this is long, apparently I have thoughts).

Oil paints come with three levels of transparency: opaque, semi-transparent, and transparent. All three have their uses and can aid an artist in their art making. You can read more about how here. Before I get too far into why some oil pigments lend themselves to opaque paints while others are transparent, I must first take you back to last Christmas. Sometime last year I informed my husband I that I wanted the book The Artist's Palette, by Alexandra Loske. True or false, doe