Something Different
I did do a watercolor for today, but I wasn’t happy with it. The colors looked horrible together, and I joked about calling today’s post “Something Awful” or even “Something Ugly”. But then as I got...
View ArticleSlowly but Surely
With each painting I do, I realize how far I've come in a very short time, and yet I also realize how very far I have to go.
View ArticleNext on the Agenda
Recently, I've started practicing trees, and while I can do them fairly well in practice, I don't seem able to get them the way I want when I try to include them in a landscape.
View ArticleWill I Ever Learn?
Will I ever learn to create the landscapes I want? Will I ever be able to paint trees that make me smile? Or will it always be a struggle for me?
View ArticleA Scene from Childhood
I'm finding that I have an "old-fashioned" spirit when it comes to painting, and that's how this painting feels to me.
View ArticleJust Doodlin’
I’ve always enjoyed doodling. I think most of us have fun just picking up a pencil or pen and doodling on a notepad. In the past, though, my doodles were really nothing more than scribbles. I drew...
View ArticleSome Things are Better Left Undone
I know I’m not the only one who tends to “overwork” paintings. Whether it’s in watercolor or oil, I’m constantly tweaking things when I should put down the brush and leave well enough alone. I’ve...
View ArticleBecome One with the Tree
Recently I’ve been looking again at works by my favorite landscape artists — Thomas Cole, Asher Durand, Frederic Church and others of the Hudson River School. I love looking at the beautiful images...
View ArticleBarking Up the Wrong Tree
Nope, I’m not drawing dogs — although our stuffed puppies do make excellent subjects. From time to time I will sketch one of them during my daily drawing practices, but this post isn’t about puppies....
View ArticleA Little Bit Creepy
The challenge of depicting trees in my landscape art has become even more interesting now as I move away from realism toward a more impressionistic style of art.
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“Through the Trees”
I love coincidences. They always seem to be a sign to me, a definite indication of something I should learn or do. I had an awesome coincidence happen on Wednesday afternoon. I was doing a bit of...
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Drawing is Fundamental
Years ago literacy campaigns often used the slogan “Reading is fundamental” with emphasis on the FUN part. As a strong supporter of literacy, I agreed whole-heartedly that reading should be fun. It...
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Three Twisted Trees — A Study in Symbolism
Maybe one of the reasons I’m so in love with tonalist art is that almost all of the landscape paintings predominately feature trees. Of course, trees are a truly large part of nature — not only in size...
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