I was really excited about painting this today. This composition seemed different, more of a small window about the pole and it's reflection, the light and dark windows through the trees. I realized that I've been choosing large scenes and trying to
Today I got outside too late and got rained on just about halfway through my painting. So going back in I just hung around in my "studio" thinking about what to paint. I really wasn't in the mood to set up a
After yesterday's painting I decided to do this tree study, or a painting just all about a tree to get in more practice painting trees. I picked this one because of it's fantastic form, what an elegant creature!My friend let me paint
I can't believe how beautiful of a day it was today. In hopes of finding just the most amazing thing to paint, I set out driving. I drove and drove and drove some more, but that "perfect" thing just didn't jump out
I really wanted to call this painting Sailor Out at Sea or give it some such title, because it's exactly how I felt while painting this. The wind was blowing so hard and the waves were crashing up on the dock where
I'm writing this to you fresh off the plane from Italy, a little tired but feeling good and excited to do some more Florida landscapes.Knowing this would be the case, I painted today's painting yesterday evening on the Arno as the sun was
Today is my last day in Florence, tomorrow I'll be flying back to Florida. This gave me a lot to think about as I was riding around on my bike this morning searching for my spot to paint. I was thinking that I somehow needed
Day 79: Morning Still Life in the StudioThis morning I set out to paint a still life. At a certain point I wiped the whole thing down, it was missing something and I wasn't really very inspired by it. I decided to clean my paints
I thought that I would try something a little different today to mix it up. This is a copy of a painting done by an Italian impressionist named Cabianca. I've copied paintings in the past with varying levels of success, but have always learned huge