I first learned about using a complementary palette from reading The Yin and Yang of Painting by Hongnian Zhang, from the Woodstock...

Many artists and teachers will claim that their way is the right way, or the only way to approach painting. While painting does have some...

What I learned from attending Pastel Live! and how to use your artistic frustration as Miracle Grow for your artistic abilities... As a...

"Success happens in clusters..." Julia Cameron The Artist's Way I asked my friend A. (for anonymous) how her painting was going in a...

I teach a lot of workshops where people are taking a class for the first time, or just setting up an art practice. Yesterday, I taught a...

In my class; "Classical Training for Artists" we are studying color theory and the work of "Every form change is a color change..."...

Cézanne mastered the simplification of his subjects to their basic shapes: he wanted to "treat nature in terms of the cylinder, the...

and how it can help your compositions affect viewers on a primal level... I'm a geek. If you are an artist, you probably are too. One of...

"Value does all the work, color gets all the credit!" In my Classical Training for Artists class at Dunedin Fine Art Center we are...

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...