As I look back on my work of 2013, one of my favorites is "Ambiance," a 6x6 inch pastel now available online at my Daily Paintwo...

I put my iPad in a cello sleeve to protect it from paint spatters. Today I added a Transparent Oxide Red + Cobalt glaze over the Viridian ...

Each year at this time, I rearrange the studio furniture to make additional space for our Christmas Eve family gathering. Here is a photo ...

Here is the pastel color study with the work-in-progress oil painting. The finished painting, Day by Day, oil, 16x20 inches can be see...

Color Study for Day by Day  |  pastel  |  6x8 inches Bid on this painting or Buy It Now The painting process

My comfort level is working with pastel, not oil paint, so when I began to feel unsure of what to do next to the oil painting I'm work...

Another painting done with a painting knife instead of a brush. Yummy thick color. No Place Like Home  |  oil  |  6 x 7.38 inches s...

Step 2 (above)    In my last post, the beginning thoughts for this painting were very faintly roughed in with a pale oil wash. In this ...

It arrived by common carrier in two boxes with excellent protective packaging inside. Yes, it really does go together with just two scre...

What do a French Mistress and a wooden wheel have in common? My oil painting taboret! See it HERE .

Well...yes, I'm on a sabbatical but maybe it isn't a painting sabbatical as much as it is a pressure sabbatical. Until we finish our...

Last summer I was able to momentarily subdue my frugality and paint thicker in oil. That exercise produced this 8x6 inch painting that w...

Last year at about this time, I painted a 7x5 inch pastel color study for a larger work tentatively titled "Dappled Path." The col...

Well...yes, I'm on a sabbatical but maybe it isn't a painting sabbatical as much as it is a pressure sabbatical. Until we finish o...

Many thanks to juror Casey Klahn for recognition of my work, "All in Due Time" in the Northwest Pastel Society's 2013 Membe...

Last July we took care of our neighbor's yard while he was away. We mowed the lawn and watered the flowers during what was an exceptio...

  First, it was pulling out all those old colored pencils, whispering the names and numbers to myself while sorting them, and then lettin...

This small detail is from one of my colored pencil paintings. My technique was slow and tedious. I used a sharp point, light touch and ve...

Last summer, when I wrote the article for Pratique des Arts, I painted a color study in oil for the larger pastel painting that was featur...

Yes, I'm on a painting sabbatical but this painting has been kicking around the studio for months, framed temporarily until I decided ...

Well, it was a long time coming but here is the official publicity blurb:   Whether the economy is slowing down or bubbling, the ...

I don't want to lose you as a subscriber or follower of this art journal blog while I am on my painting sabbatical - I'll be back ...

 A sweet gift for yourself or someone else, "Shiny" has gone to auction .

While we're on the subject of colored pencils, look what artist Robin's husband made for her pencil storage. It is PVC pipe and ea...

Another time travel experience, this time back to my days as a colored pencil artist and instructor. My need to identify each pencil by co...

Many thanks to Kay Dewar of Dewar Design for my yearly website update. The painting on my homepage is "Shades of Summer," a ...

More studio cleaning: this is a small colored pencil drawing done with a French Gray grisaille (tonal foundation). I taught this techniq...

  Look what I found in a bottom drawer in the studio. This was the kind of art I was doing 50 years ago. Holy Moly I'm old! Fa...

A misty ridge of dancing tree forms, "Windmist" is the final painting from the summer of 2013 series. It is available for purcha...

A painting sabbatical doesn't stop the need for the business of art. It is time to have my website updated with the archive of 2013 ...

I loved the wildness of the neglected property but to make this place our home we had to clean it up. After the old smelly cabin wa...

Our new lake property came with a rotting 1928 cabin. We had it demolished a few days ago. Now, on to new house plans and a new studio. Ya...

This summer I painted a dozen small pastel paintings 'from the heart.' No reference photos, just me and my pastel sticks working ...

Two months ago I completed a painting titled "Long Time Passing" and mentioned at that time that I'd share the backstory in th...

This is my Pastel Journal magazine collection, 2001 through 2012, complete except for the February 2011 issue ( where is it? I have looked...

Step 9 - Complete with Details The last step of my work is to add details . I believe that a good painting shoul...