Category: Minilessons

There is no easy way to keep track of colors. All of the different brands are marked differently. Some of them have labels and some of them don’t. I have tried taking of the labels and putting it in a

https://youtu.be/9o6Qq5h7oBE  have traveled to many beautiful parts of the country but always love painting the Oregon countryside! We had perfect weather for this workshop including one day of that perfect glowing overcast which provided very stable lighting conditions. The location offered

A Sturdy Backpack or Roller-Bag for Carry-on This will hold your pastel palette, but not necessarily your easel setup and or tripod but it could. I travel with a smaller roller bag that I carry-on and a larger bag that

’ve had a few questions about my studio tray and how I made it. I made it from simple materials from Home Depot. I made it myself in an afternoon. If I can do it, so can you! The bottom

“Most students at some period of their learning become enamored of the idea that everything depends on the cultivation of a good style. They are obsessed over one style of expression today, over another tomorrow and so on. They see

Many of my students are folks who are about to retire or have just retired. They want to paint for the pleasure of it and maybe even perhaps work into selling at some point. Most are quite serious painters who

What is on the edge? In painting we put a lot of focus on the shapes and the content but a whole universe is happening on the edges! What is happening where shadow meets light? What is to be found

When I was about nine or ten years old, I took art lessons from a lady named Mrs. Payne. I remember going to her garage in Southern California where I grew up and entering a strange and unfamiliar world. First,

Getting your work accepted into juried shows can be a wonderful validation, but can actually jumpstart your paintings! 1. Plan ahead – give yourself plenty of time to paint freely. Deadlines are good to get us motivated. But it can also kill

  I hope this mini-lesson makes you think about when you want to blend and when it might be better just to keep your hands out of it! https://youtu.be/GeDK_VqqIp8 he video is going to address a big debate among pastelists: