Beginning Watercolor painting – El Conductor – and the Ventura Artwalk
Be an Art Boss In Santa Barbara, California on Thanksgiving, a few decades ago, I took a photo of our feast. A turkey centerpiece, with
Be an Art Boss In Santa Barbara, California on Thanksgiving, a few decades ago, I took a photo of our feast. A turkey centerpiece, with
Making a Mat Board Collagraph Plate Let’s make a collagraph printmaking plate from a scrap piece of mat board! I’ve got some process photos, blog
What is a Silk Aquatint? Silk aquatint is a variation of a printmaking method – Aquatint. The traditional version uses an acid bath, a metal
Printmaking Nomenclature Question: What’s the difference between an etching and an engraving in printmaking? See the answer at the bottom of this post. Helpful folks
Inspired by Andrew Wyeth One of my favorite artists is Andrew Wyeth. One of my favorite books about him is Andrew Wyeth – A Secret
Why Should Artists Build an Email List and Send Newsletters? I can hear you groaning over that question from here. You’d rather paint or draw
Painting Clouds in Watercolor – Tips and Resources Painting Clouds in Watercolor If you’ve tried to paint clouds in watercolor, you know one of many
Watercolors of Places I’m fortunate to have a gaggle of friends and family with abundant creative mojo for lassoing photos as potential painting fodder. Padded
Paint your Life My first home after re-locating from the East Coast a few decades ago was a stucco, 1950’s ice-cube-tray styled apartment building in
Color Monotypes in the Studio I’m filming a color monotype video to demonstrate how something as simple as your choice of paper can make or break
Making a Color Monotype I’ve just published a tutorial video (you can see it below) showing the process to make a full color monotype from
Artists’ Negative self talk: Your Brain is listening (Pssssst! I’m writing this post to myself. But we’re friends, so I”m sharing.) I could fill a
Watercolor Sketches I rented a crooked-but-cozy Connecticut lake cabin on a trip to my home town a few years ago, and this sun porch was
Personal Symbols in Art and The Grid Drawing Method The watercolor above – Prong Setting – was inspired by an early morning snapshot of the
Finding – as opposed to Losing – Your Art Time How is your art journey moving along? Did you paint some watercolors, scribble some sketches,
The Art of Winding Down This watercolor painting started as a surreptitious iphone snapshot on a winter evening almost ten years ago. Reading (or painting)
Painting Interior Spaces with Watercolor This watercolor was inspired by a reference photo taken in Florence, Italy a few decades ago. Old world charm, wrapped
This (below) is the back of a piece of mat board (also known as mount board in other parts of the world), which is the
Harvest Your Watercolor Sketching Inspiration During a Springtime Provence painting workshop with the fine folks at WorkshopsinFrance.com, our support team stayed in charming little apartments
Spontaneous Inspiration – Or Is It? This copper mine in the watercolor painting above was visible from the car on a road trip from Mexico
Why Figurative Drawing is Challenging Why is it that you can paint a successful landscape or a still life – even if the color and
Resurrected Art This little still life monotype ghost print was pulled from the stash I keep in a box in my studio. It’s nice to
Making Art in Small Spaces I am very fortunate to have a studio (a spare bedroom in our home) and unless I’m showing art at
A Buoy of Kindness Thanks for all of your generous responses to my last post. The artist-blogger community never fails to surge forward with kindness after
The Comforting Quilt of Art My mother in law passed away unexpectedly as I was leaving for the San Diego Art festival, and my husband
Painting in Public I just finished loading gear into my car for the Sierra Madre Art Fair (California) this weekend. If you’re local, stop by
5 Tips for Showing your Art to the Public I’ll be driving south for the San Diego Artwalk in a week. Standing in my art
Making Art in Public Places For a few years, I exhibited watercolors and printmaking for a month at a time at Descanso Gardens in La
How Does Moving Affect Your Art? In a recent newsletter (you can read it here), I described an impromptu art-making party in the temporary home
Monotype Ghost Print Painted with Watercolor My love-affair with monotypes continues with this floral still life, painted on a very faint ghost print. I’m building a