art projects

The Importance of Experiments

Playing with art by making studies and using many materials and various styles to paint the same thing, is one way artists develop skill.

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What I Learn from Helping

For the past few months, I've been involved with our local art association. This is a new adventure for me!

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Gray Background & Vignetting Removed!

Fixing the gray background on a botanical painting photograph.

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The Romeo and Juliet Series

It's officially a series! I'm finishing the third painting in a series of traditional botanical paintings based on Shakespeare's Romeo...

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The Size of Art

Have you ever noticed the different sizes of museum paintings? Maybe, if you're like me, when you leave a museum, you think about all of...

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The Artistic Voice

If you can walk into a museum filled with art and identify the artists without looking at the placard, then you understand artistic...

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The Artist as a Reader

We are what we read! Books influence artists in many ways.

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Painting a Realistic Rose in Watercolor

How I paint large roses in watercolor. This is a technical post for those who are curious.

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Five Ways to Power Through

Some of my paintings take 50+ hours to complete. Here's how I make it through very slow work--and it's not just patience!

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