I've been a pro artist for 25 years, and I've learned a lot along the way. In Painting to See, I'll share what I've learned -- and since I'm still learning, you can expect to learn along with me! Also news on workshops, retreats and books.
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Plein Air Event Prep
Packing for the Sedona Plein Air Festival
This week, I’m busy packing and prepping. A high-caliber painting event like the Sedona Plein Air Festival requires focus days in advance: How many panels to take? How many frames? Will I need my b...
In Memoriam: The Pastel Journal (1999-2026)
An illustration I prepared for a review of a pastel brand for the magazine. Over the years, I reviewed lots of products, interviewed many artists and wrote dozens of how-to articles.
Sad news: After 28 years, The Pastel Journal is folding....
Travel Wrap-Up: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
These sketches are all either 5x8 or 5z16 gouache.
A Scottish tour guide I follow on YouTube and Instagram, Ruth Aisling, recently visited Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton, having heard that it is “more Scottish than Scotland.” After touri...
Master Class: Secondary Color Palette
Both of the above paintings were made with a limited palette of Permanent Orange, Dioxazine Purple and Phthalo Green.
Both of the above paintings were made with a limited palette of Permanent Orange, Dioxazine Purple and Phthalo Green.
Sap Green: Friend or Foe?
An experiment with this much-maligned color
Back when I first got into plein air painting, I took a lot of workshops. All the instructors—respected wizards who had won many battles with color—advised me to mix my own greens rather than to...
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I'm a landscape painter, and I also write for magazines like Artists Magazine and Pastel Journal. I'm the author of some books, including Beautiful Landscape Painting Outdoors: Mastering Plein Air. I also just...write.
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