Do you go to art exhibits? Various sorts, like museum shows, regional competitions, art festivals, demos and gallery openings? I love attending all flavors of art
This week, TRAC 2015 (The Representational Art Conference) was held in Ventura, California November 1 -4th. TRAC an academic conference that explores representational art’s place in the
Happy November to you! Is it cool and Autumnal where you are? Has the air around your home got a crisp, bright, squinty light that signals
Last Saturday, I exhibited printmaking and watercolors at Art on Palm in Altadena, California. I hadn’t attended the show before, but my friends Catherine &
The Pasadena Artwalk was this past Saturday, and despite the heat, art-loving peeps came out for this quaint, lovely one-day show. I walked the two-block length,
Watercolor Monotype Print: Blue Sip Cup One of the most frequently discussed challenges creative people face is consistency in making things. There isn’t enough time,
How to Paint a Portrait of a House in Watercolor Tutorial I’ve listened to your requests for a full-length, real time video tutorial in watercolor.
In my early acquaintance with blogging art back in 2005, I remember being stuck; I wasn’t sure if the watercolors I painted were interesting enough to share, and
Thanks for all the great thoughts & feedback about pros and cons of written details on art in the last post. I agree with your generous conclusions,
A tiny portrait of my grandfather, on his sunporch after a swim in the pool, ready for a barbecue & a cocktail. I listened to a
Productive in the Studio Happy September to you! Fall Art Festivals will start for me this weekend (If you’re in Thousand Oaks, CA, be sure
I’ve recently started a new blog series called Link Love to share artists (both painters & printmakers) I’m enjoying on youtube. (You can see the first two here
Do you use yellow ochre in your watercolors? Is your pigment categorized on the Color Index as PY43 (natural pigment yellow iron oxide) or PY42
Getting Back to Art Before diving into art-making full time, I dabbled on and off. Mostly off. For decades. Getting back to art has been one
Do you have a favorite watercolor paper? I’ve had several, and lately, I love Strathmore Plate Finish Bristol paper. The surface is hot pressed, and
In the last post, I started a new blog series called Link Love; I’m sharing artists (both painters & printmakers) I enjoy on youtube. There is enormous
Hello there, and Happy Monday. The Autumnal Equinox is this Wednesday, September 23rd. While summer hurls & bellows the last hot winds on us here in the West,
This week, in my sort-of organized new studio, I rang the starting bell. I’m beginning a new series with this little watercolor gazing technique study
I was looking at my calendar to plot art festivals this Fall, and I had to sit back for a moment and let some Time-Inventory sink in.
I went to a memorial for my lovely, kind-hearted, great uncle Bob yesterday. He was the last of nine siblings – my paternal grandfather was
This watercolor was inspired by the same little carriage house as the last post. I lived there for just two years. It was a life-changing
Adding Colored Pencil to a Dark Field Monotype An open open door, leading to an open window, with a vase of flowers on the sill.
I found a nice list of tips for using graphite in drawing this morning – check out the article here. And from the same studio,
Thanks for all the nice emails and social media tweets & comments on the last post about making little art, and painting Artist Trading Cards. That
I enjoy working in a small format, so when I heard about Artist Trading Cards, or ATC’s ten years ago, I jumped into the fun with
I’m climbing a craggy hill comprised of post-art-festival, still-unpacking, traveling-this-weekend, where-did-I-put-the-coffee-mugs tundra. My muscle-memory wants to drive to the old address, reach for spoons in the drawer to
Hi everyone, My move is almost finished; I gave the last tower of freshly unpacked & collapsed boxes away on Craigslist yesterday, and I can see
This reduction woodcut goes wayyyy back, so I’m posting it as a nod to Throw Back Thursday. The first printmaking experience I had was at
I’m back from the San Diego Artwalk (see photos below), and it was delightful. Now, this weekend, May 2 & 3, I’ll be at the Sierra Madre Art Fair in
I started this watercolor painting as a demonstration on my easel at an art festival last Fall. Gale force winds in a water-restricted Los Angeles
