I’m enamored with snails. There’s a lot to play with to create expressive gesture! Here’s a colorful one from some explorations last month. Higgin’s Black Magic ink and watercolor on Arches Hot Press 140 lb watercolor paper. I use a metal nib dip pen for and draw over my...
Aug202025
Colorful Watercolor Snail
Aug132025
Snaaaaaails!
Why snails? Why not? I like them and the more I learned about them, the more interested I’ve become. In recent months, I explored more of one of my other interests: ink line and wash. I tried out various papers, drew with a dip pen, and painted with ink...
Apr232025
Mushroom Queen
My new mixed media fantasy art piece is inspired by the model’s fabulous mushroom hat. I drew the figure from life during the Costumed Figure Drawing and Painting class I teach, and then invented the mushrooms. I painted it with watercolor, some gouache, and then inked the lines. I...
Apr42018
Tiny Dragon Process 4 – Painting
Part 4 – Rainy Day Dragon Painting The Making of a (Not so) Tiny Dragon This is part 4 and the final process post for the Rainy Day Dragon picture. If you’d like to see the steps I took to get to this point, here are links to the...
Mar282018
Tiny Dragon Process 3 – Drawing Continued
Part 3 – Rainy Day Dragon Drawing Continued This is part 3 in a series of posts sharing much of the creation process for my Rainy Day Dragon. The final drawing was jurried into the Not So Tiny Dragons book for ArtOrder, LLC’s TIny Dragon Art Project Kickstarter. In the...
Mar212018
Tiny Dragon Process Part 2 – Drawing
Part 2 – Drawing the Dragon This is part 2 in a series of posts sharing much of the creation process for my Rainy Day Dragon. My previous post was about the brainstorming phase. I’m excited to share this with you as this drawing was jurried into the Tiny Dragons Art...
Mar142018
Tiny Dragon Process – Brainstorming
The Kickstarter for “Tiny Dragons Art Book” is live! You have the opportunity to own three 3″x3″ choc full of amazing dragon art by artists from around the world. This is an art book project by Jon Schindehette and Art Order, LLC. Check out the Kickstarter Campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/artorder/tiny-dragons-art-project?ref=454099&token=09f48aaf...
Jul262017
Wyvern Hunting Process
Lunch or dinner? I finished this piece back in May. Wyvern Hunting is now varnished, framed, and ready for display at Gen Con. Loose prints area available through my online store, and I will have both loose and matted prints with me for sale at Gen Con. Read on...
Apr142017
Foundlings: Strengthening Artistic Intuition
In my efforts to loosen up and trust my imagination more, I decided I need to strengthen my creative intuition, trusting my gut and follow where my imagination takes me instead of putting on the brakes too soon and following the “rules”. I think it’s important for me to...
Oct52016
New Art! Water Elemental
I’m excited to finally release this image online with its companions! This piece is fourth in my series pairing each of the elementals with an instrument. Here the Water Elemental is paired with a harp or lyre. All 4 elements are available individually as limited edition prints. You can...