It’s Raining, It’s Pouring!

Spring is here. We woke up this morning to thunder, lightning, and pouring rain. A few years ago, that would … More

A Dome is Half a Sphere!

I like to think of myself as a reasonably intelligent individual, yet sometimes the simplest, most obvious facts elude me. … More

The image you’re looking at is from “Art Projects for Kids“. It is, obviously, from a lesson on perspective. The … More

One of the reasons I came back to the studio was because I felt guilty — not about leaving my … More

It had to happen, you know. Any time you pick up a how-to-draw book, sooner or later you’re going to … More

Through my recent “art therapy” — my own personal experience at healing my hurt inner child artist — I discovered … More

You already know, of course, that I don’t do urban sketching. I can’t draw buildings, and I’d be much too … More

When I first saw the reference photo we were going to use for the most recent “Live Lesson” series at … More

So much of art is attitude, I’ve learned, and unfortunately at times my attitude isn’t the best. That was how … More

Recently I wrote about Urban Art Guide: How to Draw Urban Settings, a book I downloaded free for my Kindle. … More

“It’s not a competition.” I read those words as I browsed books at Amazon, and with a sigh of relief … More

Oh, my goodness, but do I have a headache! I’ve just been through a grueling lesson on perspective, and while … More

Simplify. That word has been one of my life’s mottos — if a single word can be a motto, that … More

Yesterday was a momentous one on my journey toward becoming an artist. I went art-shopping and for the first time, … More