Work in Progress: Peaches, Update 3 Finally got a start on this portrait. In the end, I decided to block in the portrait with pastel rather than charcoal. I felt the lighter color would be easier to work with and allow me to gradually darken the figure without having to worry about covering the charcoal. […]

Work in Progress: Peaches, Update 2 Although I haven’t made a great deal of headway on this project, I can see things beginning to clear a bit, enabling me to find more time to work on it. I just finished up a colored pencil class and it was great to see the progress made by […]

Tonight is the First Friday Art Walk in Ocala. My wife and I will be there near the Square. Hope to see you!

I’ve gathered together some images that will be part of my forthcoming class. The project we’ll be tackling is a colored pecil painting of a Hydrangea flower. The flower itself is composed of soft blues and lavender tints. I think it’s going to be a good project for those who have taken my Introductory classes […]

I’m still gathering my thoughts for my next project – a portrait.The portrait will be of a very close companion that recently passed away, and who was very dear to my wife and I. Peaches, our sweet cocker spaniel, spent fifteen years with us. We received her as a six week old puppy and she […]

Just a quick post this week. I’m gathering my thoughts together concerning my next project – a portrait, I think. However, in the meantime I’m working on a commission piece ( which I’ll eventually post here). Next week I’ll post a discussion and series of photos for a class I’ll be teaching next month – […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 15             This painting is complete! (except for some touchups here and there, and some minor changes). The birds didn’t take as long as I thought they would. The nearer, larger bird has the most detail, but the smaller, farther birds are simpler. Surprisingly, I used a large range […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 14             Using the same colors and technique, I completed the grasses across to the right side. I say “completed”, but I always reserve the right to touch up or modify parts. As I said before, I work on areas until I’m satisfied at the time, but I always […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 13             The grasses across the midground are one of the most complex areas of the painting. There’s a complex pattern of flower stalks, complexity in the bunches of grass in how they lay, and the line of pickerel weed that stretches across the lower third of the mass […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 12             The water is now pretty much complete. I continued to add layer upon layer to the roughed in reflection pattern in the lower right. Doing so intensified the colors. For the most part I kept the margins of the light and dark colors quite sharp. Within the […]