Sadie's Blog

Sketching with Watercolor at the Medici Fountain in Paris

Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum

The Hague, Mauritshuis Museum, and Delft

Antwerp: Rubens' House and the Royal Museum (KMSKA) by Sadie Valeri

Secret Spots in Paris, by Sadie Valeri

Master Your Mediums: A Guide for Oil Painters: PART II of II

Master Your Mediums: A Guide for Oil Painters: PART I of II

The Correct Way to Sharpen a Pencil: Student Examples

Recent Drawings

How I Created my "Horse and Mantle" Oil Painting Step-by-Step

The New Sadie Valeri Atelier Rosemary Brush Set

Student Interview: M. Joy Lemon

Museum Sketching

Why Do We Draw With Straight Lines?

Straight-Line Block-In is a Spiritual Mindfulness Practice and a Life Philosophy

Free Drawing Lesson #1: Pencil Sharpening

Free Drawing Lesson #2: Intro to Bargue Plates: The Eye

Free Drawing Lesson #3: Constructing Circles

Meditation for Artists

Drawing Honestly: Do You Stretch and Squeeze?

Master Copy: Portrait of Isabella Brant by Peter Paul Rubens, 1625

Frank Schaeffer Interviews Sadie Valeri

Rosemary Brushes Interviews Sadie Valeri

Talk at Waring School

Cast Drawing at Home: How to Purchase, Set up and Light a Beginner Cast in your Home Studio

How to Slow Down

Terminators and Cast Shadows

The 20% Rule for Starting a Painting

New Online Cast Drawing Course and Online Bargue Drawing Course: Free Video Clips

Monochromatic Painting

My Wave of Dread

Portrait Painting From Master Copy and From Life: New Video Online Course

Preparing a Double-Toned Ground

Master Copy: Van Dyck's Magistrate of Brussels