"Sequence," pastel, 14.5 x 20 inches ©2021 Barbara Benedetti Newton See the step x step videos on my Instagram page

 Ahh...things are beginning to get back to normal for artists. There are opportunities to show art in-person in addition to online. Because ...

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Hahaha... Today Pinterest brought up a tiny thumbnail of a gorgeous painting. I clicked on it to see who painted it and was surprised to see...

I'm working 3-up. One done, two to go. "Overachiever," pastel, 8x8 inches. See the  progress steps below.   Step 4 Step 3 Step...

  Working title "Movie Star" on the easel today. Oil, 30 x 24 inches.

Once upon a time, I purchased inexpensive gold frames online thinking they would be OK. They weren't. A couple weeks ago I bought a can ...

Happy Saturday to you, hope you're having a good one. I spent today weeding the garden, followed by an ice pack.  It's that time of ...

  This painting has been in progress for about six months. This week it had another radical change and once again, I'm letting it sit......

ON THE EASEL If you remember my post of April 13th, here is what happened to that painting since then. I'm still working with the bowl s...

"Treasures" is on stretched canvas - an unusual ground for me but one most oil painters prefer. I'm offering Treasures for my ...

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  Reference photo Yellow means Spring. Last night I painted a 12"x9" Centurion OP Linen panel with Golden Hansa Yellow Acrylic. Th...

  Lime with Apple 7- day Auction Seven matted mini-prints Purchase on Etsy   Sold, but wait! I found more in my Studio storage as well as  4...

  "Fall Color," oil on Yupo paper, 9x12 inches I've been thinking about having a Spring Sale. Today, before I knew what was ha...

Movie Star,  step 2   The Movie Star, step 1 On the easel today...a 24 x 18 inch rework of an old unfinished, unvarnished oil painting. I ma...

  Time After Time, Oil, 18 x 18 inches ©2021 Barbara Benedetti Newton I am frugal with some things, oil paint is one of them. Looking back, ...

I found another guinea pig painting for my oil and cold wax experimentation. I'm painting over old unvarnished paintings. This one was p...

"Pack Up All My Cares and Woe," oil and cold wax, 10x10 inches ©2021 Barbara Benedetti Newton Something just happened and I'm ...

  I've been a little distracted with things like my second COVID vaccine (flu symptoms for about 12 hours, no big deal) but today I got ...

Sixty years ago I painted a self-portrait in oil paint in my high school art class. It was so traumatic that I didn't touch oil paint ag...