Faces of Summer

World Watercolor Month has now come to an end. I did not complete a watercolor each day. I didn’t even … More

Liking What I See

For several weeks I’ve been devoting a lot of my studio time toward portraits — mostly in watercolor. I’ve had … More

I don’t usually do political art, but this watercolor portrait showed up on my easel as I was working on … More

Failure is not a pleasant topic to write about, nor is it a pleasant experience in our lives. Yet we … More

I’ve been spending a lot of time with watercolor lately. Each day I do a “watercolor warm-up”, which is mostly … More

I’m sitting here looking at a watercolor painting I completed a few minutes ago. It’s not even dry yet, but … More

Every day when I check my email I have newsletters from artists and art businesses throughout the world. Most are … More

Sometimes it’s best to leave well enough alone. Unfortunately for me and my art, that often means leaving something half-finished, … More

I’m sitting here in my new little art studio — or actually, I’m sitting here at my computer desk, a short … More

After finishing up my still life, I had a little time left for painting, so I turned again to Frans … More

Among the many artists whose works I’ve studied recently as I’ve explored my Dutch heritage is Frans Hals, also known … More

I’ve already declared that 2020 — the Chinese year of the Rat — will be a year of imagination for … More

When I did a few watercolor portraits a couple of years ago, I learned a clever little rhyme: Red and … More

I’ve been playing with my left-over paints again, and I just had to see what I could do with that … More

I certainly had fun drawing older faces like my “Old Man in the Hat” and “Old Woman with a Shawl”. I … More

I’ve been fascinated with faces for as long as I can remember — not as an artist, but simply as … More

My drawing time this morning involved a rather technical concept, that of creating interest in a drawing through the use … More

Today has been a somewhat frustrating day as far as my art goes. Nothing has really worked out quite the … More

Despite how much I’ve come to love oil painting, I will probably be doing more drawing and less painting in … More

I’m catching up on a lot of art reading. During my painting and drawing hiatus, several months of Artist magazine piled up near … More