Different Directions

There’s a wise saying that gives us a good definition of insanity. It is “doing the same thing over and … More

Day 4 – A Day of Rest

NOTE: This post was written and scheduled in late April — before the storm that caused flooding in the studio. … More

Another 100 Day Project

I start my mornings with blogging. I love logging on, reading comments, and browsing through posts from sites I follow. … More

Warming Up

Spring is here! It officially arrived about a week ago, and I’m more than ready for warmer days. During the … More

Do What You Can — Or What You Can’t

Many times we’re told to “do what we can,” and that’s good advice. As a general rule, doing something is … More

A Method to my Madness

Insanity, it’s been said, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. By that definition, I … More

A New Painting – Unfinished

Hello! I’m back again — briefly — with a quick update of where I am and what I’ve been doing … More

Originality — Or the Lack Thereof

Originality is a word that’s heard in all areas of art: creative writing, dance, music, drawing, painting, and any other … More

The Art of Practice – Tip #6

Here’s today’s helpful (I hope) tip in the art of practice: Learn Ignorance Faith-based painting is very fun. Your insufficiency is … More

Next on the Agenda

Recently, I’ve started practicing trees, and while I can do them fairly well in practice, I don’t seem able to get them the way I want when I try to include them in a landscape.

Overcoming Weaknesses

It’s always good to know our weaknesses, and as an artist, I know mine only too well

Getting Carried Away

…after painting my first mountain range today, I had no idea what to do with the rest of the canvas, so, yep. I just kept painting more mountains.

Putting It All Together — Almost

I like practicing art in little bits and pieces. Sometimes looking at a landscape is almost overwhelming. There are so … More

Fun Facts about Faces

I was in high school art class when I first learned the “rule” that when drawing a portrait, the eyes are halfway … More

Heavens Above

When I have a camera in hand, I love taking pictures of clouds, so it is any wonder that I … More

Standing At the Edge

I’ve been playing around with watercolors over the last few weeks — a little of this, some of that, and … More

What Are Your Hands Saying?

We joke a lot about people talking with their hands, but actually, hands do a lot of talking on their own. … More

Practice, Practice, Practice

We all know how to get to Carnegie Hall, right? I suppose we could change that old joke a bit … More

The Man of a Thousand Faces

Lon Chaney, born in 1883, was known as “the man of a thousand faces”. A star in vaudeville, he went … More

Getting Bigger

Yesterday was a momentous one on my journey toward becoming an artist. I went art-shopping and for the first time, … More