As a little reminder of the seasons changing here’s a pastel painting I created. I give you Persephone and Demeter. Persephone’s time with Hades is soon at an end. Demeter will celebrate soon with growth and green. The original is framed and available for purchase. Contact me if you...
Mar42015
Spring is Coming
Feb182015
Portrait Practice – Larissa
This is my work from the previous portrait class I taught at The Atelier in Minneapolis. We lucked out again and our model was wonderful. I was doing the color boards at the time so some of that filtered its way into the portrait. I tried out a lot...
Feb112015
Book Recommendation
As the name suggests, “The Painters Handbook: Revised and Expanded” by Mark David Gottsegen is a reference for painting. I think it’s excellent. I’ve had for years. I mainly use it for information relating to oil painting and studio/materials safety but it also covers other paints and other useful...
Feb42015
Roses Oil Study
What could be better than roses that won’t wilt? Give them to your sweetie or buy them for yourself to enjoy! These rich red roses are painted life size on an 8″x10″ canvas panel. Yours for $150 + shipping (and tax if you’re in MN). Buy now through my...
Jan282015
Autumn Green Man Process
Here’s a bit on the process for the Autumn Green Man. After discussing the project via email, I did up a bunch thumbnails. The client got to see these two which I thought solved the challenge in a way closest to what we discussed. Then I did a tighter...
Jan212015
Calendar Giveaway Winner
And the winner is Congratulations Bree! Thanks to everyone who participated or just popped in for a look 🙂
Jan142015
Calendar Giveaway
Vote for your favorite image from Llewellyn’s 2015 Astrological Calendar and send me your name for a chance to win a copy of the calendar. I created the images for Llewellyn’s 2015 Astrological Calendar. It’s now all out in the wild and it’s time to celebrate. How it works...
Dec312014
Painting Values
This experiment isn’t my idea. It’s based off something Jeff Larson does during his still life painting workshop at The Atelier. I’ve been wanting to do this for a while. I watched him do something similar during the workshop demo but wasn’t able to take the hands on portion...
Dec172014
Museum Visit – Go with a Question
I don’t know about you but when visiting art museums, after about the first few hours I start to get overwhelmed. There’s just so much to take in: value control, composition, color, gesture, how the artist painted (a colored ground, direct, indirect, an underpainting), the list goes on. I...
Dec102014
Values First, then Color
I’ve been reading a book recommended to me by Susan Cook, Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing by Margaret Livingstone (a neurophysiologist). In it she addresses many characteristics of human vision and how they relate to art in a very palatable way. Recently, one section really caught my...