Letting the Paint Go

One of the areas I’m working on this fall is watercolor. Of course, I’m not using traditional transparent “Western” watercolors, … More

Then and Now

It’s always fun to time-hop a bit and look back at other times and places in our lives. For me, this … More

Pick up any art instruction book or go to any art class and sooner or later — probably sooner — … More

Did you know… today is “International Dot Day“? I knew nothing about “dot day” until last February when I shared … More

I knew this one, so I’m sure you probably did, too. So, what defines the surrealist art movement? And what was … More

I recently wrapped up my 10-week summer drawing course, and I’ll admit to cutting class on one day near the … More

A couple days ago I was crying out for help with perspective drawing, and today… well, another day, another cry. … More

Now that I’ve moved past that dreadful exercise on drawing an interior scene, I’m happily sketching various objects around the … More

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water…” I’ve never seen the movie Jaws, but … More

I think everyone probably guessed this one, right? The answer is Pablo Picasso… maybe. Yes, according to the Encyclopedia Britannica, … 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

I’ve been told that until my accuracy in drawing improves, I really don’t need to worry about learning to shade. … More

My first gesture drawings — done in May 2016 — were a lot of fun. They were also (in my … More

When I began learning to draw, I started with graphite, moved on to charcoal, conte, and then to pen and … More

On my list of things I don’t like to draw, interior scenes rank right up there near the top, along … More

In every journey we take, there’s always that moment when we come back around to where we began. Poet T. … More

I know yesterday’s post was a bit of a downer, but let’s put that aside for now. True, I struggle … More

Note: Some of you may have seen this post before. I wrote it and tried to post it several weeks … More

Recently I mentioned how much fun I had browsing for bus drawings, and I said “That’s a topic for another … More

I know I’ve expressed a few doubts about Barrington Barber’s 10-week drawing course, a book titled Learn to Draw which is intended … More