Even though I am trying really had to be an oil painter, it is just so fun to stop and go back to some collage and mixed-media techniqu...

Gouache Resist!   Jane Powell, from Random Arts in Saluda, NC posted this tutorial. And I just had to try it. If you have the supplied, w...

I am starting to film my new online class, "Drawing the Girls."  God willing, it will open the middle of March but t...

This is Chop. He belongs to a precious little girl named Bailey.  Chop was lost at the mall but was miraculously found much to Bailey'...

For my painting today for 30 Paintings in 30 Days (in which I am very behind!) I decided to paint from a Richard Robinson workshop....

I got together with my monthly painting buddies and we painted this bridge form the book, Problem Solving for Oil Painters by Gregg Kreu...

Charleston Pink House Oil on 9x12 panel This is Day 8 of Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days. It really is a challenge to pa...

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This is actually the second time I have panted this bridge thinking that it would work out better the second time. I do think this ...

"Two by Two" I just love sheep because their faces are just so precious.  I named this one Two by Two because two reasons. The...

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year's Eve!  I have been busy but tried to stop and paint a few things inbetween the bus...

Lots of my favorite painters frequently paint people looking at art in museums. So I thought I had to try it. This is me at the Art Insti...

I love poppies and I thought this photo from Paint My Photo was an interesting composition. They were fun to paint. More info he...

8x8 oil on Wood Panel Here is a fun oil painting. Actually it was more difficult with oils actually because drawing the dark lines arou...

Oil on 8x8 Wood Panel Here is my interpretation of the photograph below from Paint My Photo . I thought it was a nice photograph...

11x14 Acrylic on Panelli Telati Panel It was such a good composition that I decided to try it with some different colors. What, you...

This is a 9x12 mixed media oil. I started with a black gessoed canvas.  It's interesting that now that I am experimenting again with ...

  I am an adventurer.  I don't really like to hike or rough-it in the outdoors or even take long flights into unknown countries. ...

I have been doing some cleaning out at the studio and I come across these old paintings that I either painted in watercolor or acrylic.  Th...

These white tulips a la Angus were fun to paint. I had this deep edged canvas and was never able to come up with something to paint on ...

As you can see this is quite a different style from my post from yesterday. I like to paint this way too. I think that I will just be one ...

I worked on this painting some more from my workshop. It looked like this . As you see I really punched up the colors and did some other s...

Oh man, did we ever have fun in this workshop this past weekend! Angus is so easy going and funny and watching him paint these wonderful ...

I have completed 2 fun days of the Angus Wilson painting workshop. One more day to go. He is one of my favorite painters and painting in ...

        I just painted this from this picture. I started from a black background. I changed the colors up a bit so it would st...

These Tulips came from a tulip image in my brain and was painted very quickly.  I like simple images and might pursue more of these graphi...

I am always experimenting with  oil paints and I have always loved to start from a gessoed black canvas and go from there. I wanted to...

I do love poppies and you know how much I love to paint them. I also am particularly fond of this vase so I use it a lot. I have been pain...

This is an 8x10 of a cottage house that I liked on the site Paint My Photo . I always have to give them a plug because of how great t...

Since our previous nasty weather we have had for the last few days this seemed appropriate today with our beautiful sunny fall weather....

 This is Libba. She is 10 years old and lives in a small town in south Georgia. Her mother and daddy never have to lock their doors at nig...

While I have been trying to be an oil painter I have been having script stamp withdrawals. This was suppose to be just a plain 'ole ...

I thought I would make a mosaic with some paintings. It was fun!

MONICA !!! You have won one of my free classes from CREATIVE WORKSHOPS Congratulations!!!!! I sent you an email!

   Peruvian Guitar Strap Pre-sale from Original Fuzz Hey y'all! Well, I said I was going to keep the class giveaway up but I wa...

Hi y'all! Blog party!  Yes, you might even know but Creative Workshops (where I have 9 online classes) has moved to HERE!   It is so e...

I do like to do Tom Brown's little affordable tutorials and I thought this barn was fun. He makes it easy---well not easy, but he mak...

I am still attempting to paint everyday for the 30 30 Challenge. This is an 8x10 from Paint My Photo. This is an 8x10 and ...

I just loved this photo from Paint My Photo. This is today's painting for Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 Days. I am behind an...