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The Edge of Light – 15 Minute Painting Demonstration!

Lessons in Color, Scale, and Painting Smart The painting I’m bringing you today is called The Edge of Light. It’s a 4 painting I’m bringing you today is called The Edge of Light. It’s a 4 by 6, and I painted this last...

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The Edge of Light 4×6 – Live Painting Session!

Revisiting a reference I painted years ago. Maybe some of you have noticed I’ve moved away from the M. It’s just time. Big changes afoot. Check out the new website at mfrancismcarthy.art, lots of videos there, really easy to scroll through. Why Paint...

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Social Media is BAD!

Social media has been on my mind for a long time. I think it’s an incredibly destructive force in modern human culture. Let’s get into the reasons why, and some of the solutions. I’m not an expert on social media. I’m just a...

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Riff on Francis Murphy: Full Live Painting Session!

Join me as I create a tonalist riff inspired by Francis Murphy’s “Evening” In the Substack studio pass area, I put up a study from 2021, a painting called “Evening” by Francis Murphy. It got me thinking, I really like that old painting....

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Riff on Francis Murphy: 15 Minute Painting Demonstration!

Welcome to another tonal landscape oil painting demonstration. This is your painter in residence, Michael Francis McCarthy. And the painting I’m bringing you today is called “Riff on Francis Murphy, Evening.” I painted this back in September of 2025 and I’ve been sitting...

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How to Use AI

A Vision-Driven Approach to Creative Practice Hello, welcome to another talk. This is your host, Michael Francis McCarthy. The topic for today is my ideas about the correct place for AI in a creative practice. Mostly we’ll be talking about visual stuff here....

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Light on the Path: 15 Minute Painting Demonstration

The painting I’m bringing you today, Light on the Path. It’s a 5×7, was painted last week, and I’m really happy to show it to you today. New Website I want to mention my new website: mfrancismccarthy.art. It’s my hub—where things are consolidating....

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Light on the Path: Full Live Painting Session!

Transcription and key Insights I’ve already mixed the underpainting color: burnt umber with a significant amount of Mars black. I’m doing this partly for time savings. I recently painted a sky scene using this Mars black mixture, and it worked well. The key...