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Mixed feelings about sales
I have to admit that I have rather mixed feelings about selling my work. It’s exciting to know someone is so interested in it. It’s certainly affirming. I’m happy for the recipient. And I’m happy to...
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Waging the War
There are many ways to fight a war. Focused on our own discomfort of being at home in the “underground” of the War of Covid19, many of us seem often to forget those troops in the febrile and sleepless...
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Graduation and Commencement
While it’s wonderful to celebrate the end of a school year or an entire stage of learning, it’s important to keep in mind that the terms “graduation” and “commencement” don’t refer to the end of...
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A breath of plein air
A few weeks ago, for the first time in several months, I met with some friends for a plein air outing. We gathered in the combined shade of a private park filled with live oaks and shared our news and...
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Saved for a rainy day
The idea of “saving for a rainy day” has become something of a joke because we often don’t recognize when the “rainy day” arrives, so we hesitate to touch what we’ve saved, even then. “This Too Shall...
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Stylin’
The question often arises, “How can I develop an artistic style?” Perhaps the most difficult answer for a young artist to hear is that it develops on its own. Over time. With lots and lots of...
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Impressionist, Tonalist or…?
‘Most everyone’s probably heard of Impressionistic painting. You know: Monet, Renoir, Seurat,… In their efforts to create the impression of vibrant light and atmosphere around their subjects, these...
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Kids, pets, and beautiful things
When yet another long-anticipated trip was cancelled this summer, a number of my art colleagues and I went virtual with an event called Plein Air Live—something of an oxymoron, since many of the...
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Watercolor 101, part 1 – Understanding the materials
Watercolor has the reputation of being one of the hardest painting mediums to use. That’s largely because it’s transparent, so painting over any mistakes isn’t as easy as it is with oils or acrylics....
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Watercolor 101, part 2 – Basic brush techniques, Wet on dry
You can’t wait to paint! You’ve collected your watercolor materials (discussed in the previous blog). You wet your brush, run it across a dry watercolor pan or dip it into a freshly squeezed pile on...
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