Hoffmann Watercolors

You've all heard of artists who make studies and sketches in the field and then retreat to the studio to use them as the basis for a pro...

This exercise is meant to help prevent over-painting your watercolors. The premise is that many subjects don't require as much definitio...

Letting the illusion go Many of the painters I know see their work evolving from the realistic toward the non-representational. Moving to...

Realism and abstraction can seem to be completely separate forms of expression. Looking at Andrew Wyeth's paintings alongside Ellsworth ...

When you first observe a new subject keep in mind that you can make any changes you want to improve the painting. You are the one telling t...

Students often tell me they like their preliminary sketches better than their "proper paintings", but when they try to give the pa...

The work we did in class creating neutral hues was focused and productive. Let's go a step further and review how to select a palette li...