Today’s conversation has been eye opening for me, and one of the best I had in a long time. I hope you’ll find it as fruitful as I did. Today we discuss the future of painting, and specifically the chances of the field’s survival in light of th...

Today’s episode touches on one of the most pressing topics in today’s art discourse: the rise of image-generating artificial intelligence. AI burst onto the scene like a hurricane, and today’s guest is right in the eye of the storm, he is the o...

Today’s episode taught me a great deal about a very important and pressing topic: the intersection of art and parenting. I don’t have kids yet, so I invited two special guests to shine a light on this topic, they are Emily Fossum and Hannah Lea...

Steven Diamant is the owner and founder of Arcadia Contemporary, one of the world’s leading galleries for realistic art. Steven and I covered several pressing topics: how to work with galleries, the business of sales, the importance of Instagra...

Gustavo Ramos is a Brazilian-born Arizona-based painter. We touched on how to plan a painterly process using layers, how to deal with mistakes throughout the process, how to nurture artistic growth in children, how to paint successfully from ph...

Today we are touching on a topic that is pressing and urgent for many of us - can we paint without using solvents? As you know, solvents are harmful to our health, and eliminating or reducing their usage should be on everyone’s agenda. But how ...

Painting has been proclaimed dead many times throughout history, and yet people like me and probably you continue to sling paint around, still believing it matters. I’m sure you’ll enjoy this true-crime episode, where we explore the alleged dea...

 Today’s topic is "Realism," what it meant for different painters in different times and ways to think about it today. Very importantly, we also discuss why detail is the enemy of experience, and how Courbet was basically a troll. 

Today’s episode is absolutely packed with down-to-earth technical advice which I expect any painting enthusiast will appreciate, and a few inflammatory opinions which may or may not stir the pot. This episode is an Ask Me Anything episode, whic...

Jeff has been titled a “living master” by the art Renewal Center, and has been written up in numerous publications, including “American Art collector”, “Fine Art Connoisseur”, “Arts and Antiques” and “Jetset Magazine”.  His work has been s...

Vincent Desiderio is a titan of contemporary painting. He is a Senior Critic at the New York Academy of Art and has been a visiting professor at numerous universities both in the US and abroad. He is the recipient of honorary doctorates from bo...

Alex Mitow and James Miille are the co-founders of Superfine, the art fair that puts young professionals in touch with hundreds of cutting-edge works by the world's top emerging artists. Alex is a curator and entrepreneur. He holds a marketing ...

Josh Clare is a fantastic painter, and the first ART’S COOL guest focused on landscape work, so lots of valuable insight here for all you plein-air enthusiasts. Josh is the recipient of numerous awards, including artists choice at the 2012 Lagu...

Will St. John is one of my favorite living painters. This is the point at which I list selected biographical information that I find on the guest’s “About” page, but Will doesn’t have an "About" page. He doesn’t even have a website as far as I’...

This is my favorite episode to date! I speak with Alex Castilla, an incredibly accomplished experimental physicist, a student of painting, and one of my Patreon supporters. This episode is a mentorship session I had with Alex: he asked me brill...

Jesse Smith is a decorated tattoo artist. You might know him from season two of Ink Master - now available on Netflix. His work is absolutely incredible, and the show is really fun, I recommend checking it out. Jesse’s won numerous awards for h...

Ilya Gefter is a painter, art educator and the founder and director of the Visual Art Center in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Ilya has shown in 14 solo exhibitions before he was 40, he’s won numerous prestigious awards, and his work can be found in notable...

If you’re a student of the craft, you’re going to love this one. I don’t have a guest, or rather I don’t have a single guest, instead I have a panel of my Patreon supporters asking me their most pressing questions about painting and drawing, an...

Todd M. Casey is an artist, author, and art educator extraordinaire. His work won numerous awards in recent years, and can be found in collections across the the United States. He currently teaches at the Academy of Art university, Massachusett...

Bryan Mark Taylor is an American painter and educator. Bryan won numerous awards in national and international shows and his work has been shown in museums across the world. He’s regularly featured in publications such as Fine Art Connoisseur, ...

Juliette Aristides is the founder and instructor of the Aristides Atelier at the Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle.  Juliette teaches workshops both nationally and internationally. She is the author of  Classical Drawing Atelier...

Roni Yoffe is an Israeli painter, illustrator, and a teacher of painting and drawing. She is the founder and admin of the largest, most active, and fastest growing art-related Israeli Facebook group called Beit Sefer LeTziyur, which means “scho...

Clinton Hobart is a fine artist, and a Licensed Disney Fine Artist. He uses a wide variety of subjects in his practice: from the classical fruit and eggshells to the contemporary Mickey Mouse and Doritos. His Disney paintings are technically st...

Stephen Bauman is an artist and educator. He has been teaching in ateliers around the world for 10 years. If you´re looking for simple and effective learning online, his tutorials and live workshops are excellent. You can try them for free at: ...