Carol Douglas teaches painting and drawing in Rochester, NY and mid-coast Maine. Her work has been shown in solo and group shows in New York and elsewhere.
Rochester, NY
Joined July 2011
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Is painting talent or hard work? Discover why patience, concentration, and persistence matter more than genius in learning to paint and becoming a better artist.
#PaintingPractice #ArtisticPersistence #MondayMorningArtSchool
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From tornado warnings and flash floods to thundersnow at the Grand Canyon, follow this artist’s wild plein air painting trip through Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
#PleinAirPainting #OutdoorPainting #LandscapePainting
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A week of storms put the 22nd Sedona Plein Air Festival to the test. There are risks, rewards and financial realities in hosting a plein air event for a nonprofit arts organization.
#PleinAirPainting #OutdoorPainting #LandscapePainting
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Why do plein air painters end up covered in blue paint? A humorous look at oil painting, messy clothes, stained fingernails, and the hazards of painting outdoors.
#OilPainting #ArtistLife #PaintingHumor
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Learn how to mix beautiful, natural greens for landscape painting. Discover how light affects color perception and why varied greens bring your paintings to life.
#DevelopYourPaintingStyle #FindYourArtisticVoice #PaintingTips
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Learn how to develop an authentic painting style without falling into mannerism or caricature. Discover how observation, experimentation, and fresh decisions keep your art growing.
#DevelopYourPaintingStyle #FindYourArtisticVoice #PaintingTips
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Stapleton Park, 1877, John Atkinson Grimshaw
Discover the surprising colors of the night sky and learn how airglow, moonlight, and color perception influence painting nocturnes.
#NocturnePainting #PaintingNightSkies #LandscapePainting
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Learn how to improve your painting technique with deliberate brushstrokes, cleaner color mixtures and stronger lights and darks. Stop fussing and paint with confidence.
#PaintingTips #LearnToPaint #MondayMorningArtSchool
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What do great artists have in common? Not perfection. They observe closely, make deliberate choices, embrace imperfection, and keep painting until their work communicates.
#GreatArtists #ArtisticGrowth #PaintingTips
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A farm scene painted from observation and memory, blending a Berkshires barn with my childhood experience growing up on a New York farm.
#BarnPainting #PleinAirPainting #LandscapePainting
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Learn how to analyze a painting while you’re still making it using distance, squinting, design elements, value, composition, and focused questions.
#MondayMorningArtSchool #PaintingCritique #ArtSelfCritique
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What is a nocturne? Join me as I explore the meaning of nocturne painting, from Frederic Remington’s evocative night scenes to the challenges of painting darkness and atmosphere.
#NocturnePainting #PaintingTheNight #FredericRemington
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Explore three new winter painting classes: Cozy Winter Painting, Painting Figures in Real Spaces, and Painting Nocturnes.
#WinterPainting #OnlinePaintingClasses #PaintingNocturnes
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Learn to draw what you actually see instead of what you know. This simple drawing exercise uses abstract shapes to train observation and improve accurate drawing.
#DrawingTips #LearnToDraw #MondayMorningArtSchool
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Discover where to see Carol L. Douglas’s paintings this fall, from Maine art exhibitions and charity auctions to a national juried show in California.
#MaineArt #OctoberArtExhibitions #PleinAirPainting
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Discover Drawn to Creation: Two Views, a joint exhibition in Rockport, Maine, featuring Carol Douglas’s oil landscapes and Naomi Aho’s intricate pencil drawings.
#MaineArt #LandscapePainting #RockportMaineArt
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You don’t need more art supplies to become a better painter. Learn why painting practice, seeing, drawing, design, and good instruction matter more than another new brush or tube of paint.
#ArtSupplies #PaintingTips #MondayMorningArtSchool
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Juried art shows and art sales are full of surprises. Discover why rejection and unsold paintings don’t define your success as an artist.
#JuriedArtShows #SellingOriginalArt #PleinAirPainting
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Taking breaks while painting can improve your perspective and creativity. Discover why stepping away from your canvas may be the best way to create better paintings.
#PaintingTips #PaintingProcess #CreativeProcess
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Learn the ten commandments of painting, from seeing accurately and understanding value to painting from life, developing process, and finding your own voice.
#LearnToPaint #PaintingTechniques #MondayMorningArtSchool
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