. Did you notice the first word in Happy New Year is happy? . What makes you happy? Instead of resolutions on everything you need to do better, why not think about what really makes you happy and plan to do more of it ? Here are some things that truly make me happy: [...]
Dark Background Painting Techniques I just finished this watercolor painting of a red fox in snow. I started it as a class demo in how effective loose dark backgrounds are with realistic animals, not to mention you have the main part of the painting finished in twenty or thirty minutes. Step 1 – Mask your [...]
. This little watercolor was my last lesson for 2012 and now I’m on vacation. HA! Actually, now I have time to work on my ‘on line’ art lessons. There’s a lot of things that can (and do) go wrong. I downloaded my video but the music was too loud. So I ‘fixed it’. Now [...]
Special First Friday Exhibit – Art & Faith by the First United Methodist Church at 29 E Walnut St Lancaster PA. I’ll be exhibiting three paintings and there are lots of other artists, so don’t miss this! This is a small watercolor painting of downtown Lancaster I just finished and varnished. I have to drop [...]
.. This is a tiny watercolor ladybug I did as a demo during class. . I like ladybugs, so I cut it out and put it on a greeting card. It just sold on Daily Paintworks. Okay, I’m not going to get rich like this, but I like that it found a home. Maybe, (duh) the [...]
I finished the small oil painting of two of the grandsons hiking in Acadia Maine – one of my favorite places. I was just trying out painting rocks and water in oil. I wasn’t thrilled with the oil painting brushes I used. I bought a bunch of cheap ones at the craft store to try [...]