This year I am returning here to my blog. I have missed the value of sharing work in a longer format, having the opportunity to reflect on working and developing as a painter this way and also the format to be able to interact with
I was asked to give a talk about painting specifically in watercolor and teaching in an upcoming symposium next month in Perugia, Umbria, Italy. Before the talk I needed to prepare a short essay that would be included in a publication of all of the
I wanted to share something that I am working on because it is a new process for me and is something that I am doing to push myself to another level and to learn a new process in the process. Working on the charcoal study from
I am happy to share with you a feature article I wrote for the UK magazine The Artist. The article is for painting geeks and is entitled, "Color Harmony in the Split Primary Palette." What that means is how to use a simple palette of just
Painting backlit scenes can be fun, exciting and of course you might guess, very challenging (especially since you are looking right into the sun). It can also be one of the most beautiful, dramatic and exciting effects. In this case the lighting was not so dramatic,
Want to give yourself something challenging to do on a Sunday? Paint all white objects without using any black! It's fun, but not always easy. And even though you may loose your way, you will come out on the other side. Or that's the hope
The 3rd time's the charm, right? So what does that mean for a second go around?I couldn't let it go and had to reattempt to paint this scene because of my interest in learning how to paint into the shadows.Now, lots of schools of thought
I'm entitling this blog post this way to give myself the opportunity to talk about something in my work (and I imagine in many other painters as well), that really nags at me sometimes: the level of finish in a painting.I seem to have this "problem",
Here is my follow up after painting for 5 days in Bradenton, Florida. It was truly fabulous, even more than I had imagined! There are so many wonderful places to paint, I never would have guessed. Five days seemed like just the tip of the iceberg