140: No one dies
During a studio open house I conversed with a surgeon and mentioned that a medical illustrator–a former surgeon–told me that creating medical illustrations took...
Category: plein air
173 Limited plein air palette
There are many reasons to use a limited palette in the field. It promotes harmonious colors. It helps maintain a smooth paint consistency—which helps ...
172 Plein air jump start
One of the hardest aspects of landscape painting is painting in the field. To help that situation I’ve devised a series of videos–offered via Gbox–that wi...
185: Plein air revolution
I’ve been searching for a way to simplify and streamline painting in the field. My oil painting gear has expanded to the point I feel I’m on safari ...
184: Door County Show
I JUST got back from the Door County Plein Air Festival. It was a great experience. The painters in attendance were amazing and the resulting show was by far th...
179 Gbox evolution
Many of my videos are now available via Gbox, a new content provider primed to compete with media juggernaut YouTube. In time they will be a great alternative t...
178 Use 3 values to simplify in the field
Here is an eight minute video about simplifying values in the field. In order to paint quickly you need to simplify. In the studio one might use four or five va...
177 The challenge of plein air painting
Many people wonder why painting in plein air is so difficult. I consider it the greatest painting challenge. Contrasting plein air painting to studio paint...
174 Trinchera revisited
The following article about the Trinchera Residency is from the Medicine Man Gallery site. I migrated it to this blog to insure pr...
292: Painting with Markers
–AFTER my abstract painting reception (tonight at 8pm) I will be starting a new project. A few weeks ago I went on a plein air trip and experimented with painti...
337: Smashing a Creative Block
–ALTHOUGH I always loved painting outdoors, my plein air work lagged far behind the authenticity of my studio work. On a good day, I could achieve an imitation ...
328: The Mystery of Plein Air Painting
–”YOU can’t till you can” sounds like a quip from baseball’s low-brow philosopher Yogi Bera. But it’s actually a quote from ü...
357: Look Until You See
“CAN’T you see the red in that shadow?” I was taking a painting workshop at the Grand Canyon from one of America’s preeminent landscape ...
356: Plein Air Painting with Palette Knives
—I’VE been involved in art all my life. I have illustrated book covers, executed editorial work for publications such as the New York Times, and had a car...