Many artists who take classes with me ask me about pricing their work. It's the number one most confusing thing for artists just starting...

My painting in a Florida collector's home This week, I got a phone call from a gallery requesting that I pick up some small framed pieces...

Many of you are new friends, and we've only known each other for a few years. You may be noticing that my career has taken an upward...

Many people look to art as a hobby-they may have taken a class or two, or even a Sip and Paint and decided art was calming and centering....

I have always loved small businesses, especially family-owned. These businesses are the backbone of the US economy because they create a...

Recently, I was asked by Ampersand Art Supply to be featured in their upcoming blog. As part of this process, they asked me to answer...

Anyone who has had a class with me has experienced an honest self appraisal at the end of class. This is different from a group critique...

I teach classes in painting sunsets, both in the studio and en plein air. No surprise that I LOVE painting sunsets and the rich chroma...

We humans love color, specifically complementary colors. Our eyes are naturally attracted to the contrast of the complements. Think about...

Every painting has an ugly stage. You know when you are about 30% into it and its not working out the way you want and your mind starts...

Every pastelist (and many others) face this dilemma on a regular basis. There are two trains of thought when it comes to blending in...

Each medium has it's strength, and weakness. Pastel is magic because you can layer color, and even light over dark and dark over light...

What's the first thing you think about when you realize that you have time to paint? Probably its the laundry, or all the other chores...

We often don't think of art in terms of a discipline. Usually we think art is "outside the box" and creativity "happens," it isn't...

If you ask 100 different artists how to approach a still life, you may get 100 different answers. In art, there are many paths to the...

Right after value, color temperature is a very important element of painting. Being able to discern color temperature in your subject...

If I were to describe my painting process here, it would be back-to front, and dark-to-light. That means I started with the big shapes of ..

What we have done so far is break it down into values and shapes. At this point, we can start assigning color to those shapes.

Starting off with a good Gestalt is key to making a good painting. To determine the Gestalt, you may need to abstract the design down to the

Every medium has its strength and weaknesses. If you have experimented with different mediums (most of us do and accumulate closets full of