Figure drawing session at the Academy. Live models and three-hour poses.

Art supply haul and honest review. Some of these were not worth the hype.

Gallery opening of my latest series. Abstract landscapes of Russian forests.

Oil painting session: Still life with winter pears. The light through my studio window.

The Russian realist painting tradition. Repin, Serov, and their lasting influence.

Studio reorganization complete. A clean workspace really does change your creative output.

Art supply haul: New Old Holland pigments. The cadmium yellow is extraordinary.

Composition sketching: Thumbnail studies before committing to a large canvas.

Process video: 6 hours of work compressed into 2 minutes. The transformation is wild.

My palette knife technique for impasto textures. The paint thickness creates its own light.