Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 11   I was hoping to have the water completed this week but fell short. Other commitments took time from this project. A new commission is taking some of my time, and home and garden maintenance is still an important part of my day. However, I have still made […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight Update 10             I know said I was going to work the grasses after doing the palm tree reflections but I couldn’t resist continuing the reflections across the painting. Once I completed the reflections below the palms I wanted to see how the rest of the water would be integrated […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight, Update 9             After getting all the palm trees in I thought next of doing the grasses that stretch across the scene, but I was anxious to put some water in, especially in the lower left. The palm trees were taken from another photo, pasted in, and weren’t on the […]

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 […]

I want to thank all who attended my Introductory Colored Pencil and Intermediate Colored Pencil Classes this month. All were enthusiastic, asked many good questions and, I hope, learned a lot from the sessions. In the Introductory Class, from what I observed, all made great progress in handling the pencils through the technical exercises and on […]

Work In Progress: Withlacoochee Flight, Update 4 The sky is complete (for now) and I’ve started on the distant trees. I finished up the layer of cloud blue, moving from right to left. After that I went back over the area of the sky where there is a transition to a lighter value. The transition […]