This has been a tough month for my wife and I. Our cocker spaniel, Peaches, a beloved and dear companion for 15 years has been struggling with terminal kidney failure, and despite all the intervention, is succumbing to its ravages. My heart isn’t in it to type a discussion of the past week’s artwork. She’s […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight, Update 7   I’ve completed the smaller foliage masses catching sunlight within the larger mass on the right side. To add more definition and make them appear more real, I further defined the edges by working dark color along mostly the top edges where the sun strikes them the hardest. […]

Many thanks to all the participants in my recently concluded Introduction to Colored Pencils class in the On Top of the World Communities’ Master the Possibilities education program. It was a pleasure teaching the class, as all the students were enthusiastic and eager to learn. Your seriousness was evident through all the classes by the questions you […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight, Update 6 This past week has been very busy and I’ve not gotten as much done on this painting as I would have liked. I’m teaching some colored pencil classes and that has taken up much time. Also, my constant companion, Peaches, our wonderful Cocker Spaniel, is nearly 15 years […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 5             This past week I worked on the large mass of tree on the right side. I wanted to get them in because I was getting too fixated on the distant trees and wasn’t sure if more detail was necessary. Composition principles told me those distant trees should […]