Grand Greenery | Part II
Weeding the Foreground
In my last post, I said I had to work on the roof lines of the buildings and
the foreground. Well I was busy at ...
05
Jun
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18
Mar
The Power of Colorful Darks
I occasionally change a painting after I see it framed. That happened with my painting
Sunbelt. I wanted to share with you this chan...
01
Mar
In awe of Monet
I recently painted this piece Sanctuary. I have painted many scenes with water in watercolor and it seems to be a most natural media f...
20
Aug
Fargo /Moorhead is a great place to live!
I like Fargo/Moorhead. I'm was born and went to elementary school in Wayzata, MN and graduated from Staples, Minnesota. Then I chose t...
18
Aug
Do you know what a Bellwether is?
Before I wrote "Samson's Gift" I was out on one of my photo jogs taking pictures of sheep. I found this crazy group of sheep I calle...
05
Mar
To use or not to use black paint… that is the question
Black is considered a hue (the name of a color) or a value (referring to the darkness of the color). When painting with watercolor,...
18
Feb
It is good to have Fun with your art
At one point in my art career, I became overly serious about composition. I would carefully plan out all the space for my paintings, an...
29
Nov
Melody.
Melody has a classic vertical S curve composition. In other words the flower shapes are separated and overlapped in an "s" shape thro...
25
Nov
Vine Tending.
Hello everyone! Vine Tending was a very exciting acrylic painting finished this summer. The buildings in the back are connected by th...
11
Jul
Ornamental Cabbage.
Hello everyone,Wow it has been too long. I have been trying to keep up with my blog posts, but my book Samson’s Gift has been taking ov...