While you are reading this I am in day 4 of Jury Duty. Yup, this week I am a servant of the State. So as I was writing this last Friday while waiting to find out if I was worthy of being a juror (curse my honest face) I found myself thrown together in a large room...
If you paint portraits from photos, you instantly have a battle on your hands because those pesky photo references tell lies. Here’s why. Last week I talked about how painting a nose can be tough if you have a bad photo reference. Well, painting the...
Controlling color is one of the most important things you can do as an artist… as well as the most difficult. I am currently teaching an 8-week Color and Composition class. This means no “painting” in the class, but rather deep thoughts and planning...
My students often complain about painting a nose. I hear ya, they are tough… so let’s look at a few things to make painting the schnoz a little bit easier. Check your levels. So it is an interesting thing. Toddlers and babies tend to have the bottom root...
I recently posted a little oil painting that I was working on last week and was pleasantly surprised when it received a lot of attention on Facebook. SO cool! So I thought I would show how this little image came to be. It started with an impromptu photo shoot of my...
