Meeting Goals and Overcoming Insecurities

If you are an artist/creative, do you have any goals for your practice? I would love to hear what you are working on creatively.

Raven Commission Update, June 2020

As promised, I'm checking in to update you on the studio process and preparation of materials for an oil painting on wood panel.

Who Likes Color Theory?

Color Mixing Chart and Notes for a Painting in Progress My previous post about Art Journaling spurred a pretty lengthy Facebook discussion about color theory, so I thought I would follow up with some links for those of you who would like to learn more. My friend Christopher asked me how I felt about the …

The Importance of Art Journals

I seem to have a ridiculous obsession with them, stemming from my wider appreciation for books and papers of all kinds.

Painting Commission: French Maran Rooster WIP Photos

As most of you know, I have been working on a commissioned oil painting for the last six months. It is not a project that would normally take quite this long, but I'm not in a position to paint full time just yet and there were a lot of family events over the holidays. Overall, …

Studio Practices: Color Sketches

The second step in my process is to submit a full color sketch. In this instance, I used a set of art markers on marker paper.