Work In Progress: Louisiana Iris, Update 2             Colored pencil painting is, by its nature, a slow process, especially if the goal is a lot of detail and density of color. Teaching a class in colored pencil painting, limited to a set number of hours, has to take these qualities into account. The Intermediate classes […]

Work In Progress: Louisiana Iris, Update 1 This summer I’m teaching a number of classes in colored pencil technique at On Top Of The World, a community in Ocala, Florida. The classes are part of an adult education program called Master the Possibilities that features hundreds of classes on a myriad of subjects such as […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 17             Just received the painting back from the printer, who made a digital image for me. There was little to finish up from last week, mainly in the lower right corner. There, the snow was piling up at the base of the trunks of the trees. […]

Work In Progress: Glade Creek Grist Mill, Update 16  Nearly finished! Much of the foliage of the hemlock has been added, as well as the trunks of the other two trees. When the background woodlands and sky were added way back I the beginning, I masked out the trunks and most of the branches of […]