Stuck!!!
Working on commissioned pieces can be so hard sometimes!!! What do you do when you worry that your vision doesn’t match the vision of your client? Do you just go with it? I feel stuck and I don’t like it. That is all for now…
Working on commissioned pieces can be so hard sometimes!!! What do you do when you worry that your vision doesn’t match the vision of your client? Do you just go with it? I feel stuck and I don’t like it. That is all for now…
Have you ever started an underpainting and fell in love with the simple beauty of form and value in one color only to cover it up with the “real” painting in a variety of hues and find yourself subtly missing the original work? Monochromatic painting is not only something that can be done as part…
It was almost a year ago when I grew weary from the countless hours that I would spend searching for new COPYRIGHT FREE images to use for my artwork. After taking a few pics of my daughters around the house, I quickly became inspired by not only them, but also taking the images and then…
Hello Everyone! I am finding it hard to keep up with everything this summer! However, because I am really exciting about this art journey and the direction I plan to take it, I feel it is important that you all get to know me a little better. So, I have created a video just for…
Finally, an idea strikes! It’s in your mind perfectly – the subject, color palette and feeling. You pull out your art supplies and block off time to bring this beauty to life…but when you go to paint it feels stuck! The dread of artists block settles in, and we all are far too familiar with…
YOU GUYS!!!!! I am sooooo excited to share with you all the team for LETS FACE IT 2020!!!! We will have some returning featured guest teachers, and some brand new ones that have never been a part of the class before! We will be studying style development, and a wide variety of angles and poses…
“Faces are really interesting. People are interesting. They carry a message with them, and I like to try to capture the emotion of the person, and the mood.” More on finding the right reference and being an empath, below! Deanna Strachan-Wilson is an artist that wants to play and create art the way that she…