This is a list of every blog post that I've written starting with the newest at the top. You will find that I started creating lengthier articles around 2017, prior to that most posts were written to showcase an individual painting. Newest posts are shown first.
List of All Blog Posts
- Digging Deeper into the Data - 09 Feb 2025
- Data Analysis of My Art Business - 21 Jan 2025
- Increasing Your Exposure—Studio Safety for Professional Artists - 31 Mar 2024
- What is Drawing? - 28 Feb 2024
- Seeing Your Reference Photos in a New Light - 30 Jan 2024
- A Short Guide to GIMP 2.10 Plugins - 29 Jan 2024
- My Artist’s Statement, Annotated - 14 Nov 2022
- Using Blender to Create Artist's Reference Images - 03 Nov 2022
- Setting Up a Contemporary Still Life - 16 Jun 2022
- Coming Back to Painting After a Break - 28 May 2022
- Closing Out The Year: Fall 2021 - 29 Dec 2021
- Working From Photos: New Paintings Summer 2021 - 25 Jul 2021
- A New Studio: Spring 2021 - 26 May 2021
- Three New Works: Winter 2021 - 21 Jan 2021
- Still Life Paintings: Late 2020 - 15 Dec 2020
- Recent Work: Fall 2020 - 13 Oct 2020
- Recent Work: Summer 2020 - 21 Jul 2020
- What's On the Easel? - 21 Jun 2020
- Product Review: Gamblin FastMatte - 25 Feb 2020
- September Paintings - 08 Oct 2019
- A Summer's Worth of Painting - 09 Sep 2019
- An Easy Way to Rescue Failed Paintings - 19 Jul 2019
- What is Liquin and How Do I Use It? - 22 May 2019
- Three Lessons I Learned About Seascape Painting - 10 May 2019
- Extended Block-In Method for Landscape Paintings - 14 Mar 2019
- Recent Work: Feb 2019—the winter stretch - 05 Feb 2019
- Recent Work: Starting the New Year - 08 Jan 2019
- Recent Work: Dec 2018 - 14 Dec 2018
- Still Life Painting of a Coffee Pot - 12 Dec 2018
- Still Life Painting in the Studio - 08 Dec 2018
- Setting Up an Art Fair Booth - 15 Nov 2018
- Recent Work: Wrapping Up for a Show. Oct 2018. - 27 Oct 2018
- Recent Work: Small and Square - 22 Sep 2018
- Recent Work: August 2018 - 30 Aug 2018
- Recent Work: Preparing for a Show - 30 Jul 2018
- Some New Seascape Paintings - 04 Jul 2018
- Recent Work: May 2018 part II - 08 May 2018
- Painting on Hemp Canvas - 08 May 2018
- Recent Work: May 2018 - 04 May 2018
- Recent Work: April 2018 part 2 - 12 Apr 2018
- Recent Work: April 2018 - 06 Apr 2018
- Writing an Artist's Statement - 31 Mar 2018
- Recent Work - 31 Jan 2018
- What Makes a Great Art Blog? - 06 Jan 2018
- How to Paint Green Landscapes - 18 Dec 2017
- A Cheap Alternative to Framing a Painting - 24 Oct 2017
- A Simple Abstract Painting Technique - 07 Oct 2017
- Painting Animals in the Landscape - 30 Sep 2017
- Three Alternative Ways to Paint a Green Background - 21 Sep 2017
- Use an Analogous Color Scheme for Black and White Subjects - 08 Sep 2017
- Integrating the Subject of a Portrait with the Background - 04 Sep 2017
- Brush Technique in Small Paintings - 29 Aug 2017
- Winter Ferry Crossing - Light on the Water - 20 Jul 2017
- A Dog Portrait in Pencil - 30 Jun 2017
- Painting of a Seattle Neighborhood Street - 24 Jun 2017
- Plein Air Painting of a Ship - 02 Jun 2017
- A Self Portrait in Oil - 31 May 2017
- Painting Tip #5: Let the Paint Transform the Landscape - 31 May 2017
- The First Eight Lives of a Landscape Painting - 30 May 2017
- What is Cold Wax Medium? - 28 May 2017
- A Simple Still Life with Limited Palette - 27 May 2017
- Painting Tip #4: Move the Center of Interest - 24 May 2017
- Painting Tip #3: Add Light to a Painting to Make it More Interesting - 19 May 2017
- Painting Tip #2: Simplify the Landscape - 15 May 2017
- Painting Tip #1: A Simple Way to Improve a Sky Painting - 12 May 2017
- Painting of a Chicken as an Abstract Figure - 09 May 2017
- Experimenting With Artistic Ideas - 05 May 2017
- Avoiding Muddy Colors in a Plein Air Painting - 22 Apr 2017
- Another Portrait of a Long Haired Dachshund - 19 Apr 2017
- Why Do Artists Think Preliminary Studies Are So Important? - 30 Mar 2017
- Painting a Long Haired Dachshund - 14 Mar 2017
- A Landscape Painting Based on Analogous Colors - 21 Feb 2017
- Finding a Creative Solution for a Difficult Painting Problem - 19 Feb 2017
- Painting a Rabbit - 17 Feb 2017
- Safe Solvents in the Studio - Non-Toxic Choices for Artists - 13 Feb 2017
- A Painting With Strong Color Harmony - 07 Feb 2017
- Finding a Center of Focus and Adding Interest to a Painting - 26 Jan 2017
- How to Make Your Own Oil Sticks - 23 Jan 2017
- How to Mount a Pochade Box to a Tripod - 18 Jan 2017
- Painting a Horse at Ayrshire Farm - 11 Jan 2017
- Plein Air Painting Finished in the Studio - 21 Dec 2016
- Rain Over Winslow - 14 Dec 2016
- Embracing Tonal Impressionism - 13 Dec 2016
- A Light Display Over The Kitsap Peninsula - 13 Dec 2016
- Painting Experiences Rather Than Things - 05 Dec 2016
- How Can I Make My Own Oil Painting Mediums? - 29 Nov 2016
- Some Fall Studies - Exploring Color in the Fall Landscape - 03 Nov 2016
- How Do I Paint a Fishing Boat? - 01 Nov 2016
- Lupine Meadow From a Study - 27 Oct 2016
- North Bluff From a Study - 23 Oct 2016
- Tater and Madeleine - 04 Oct 2016
- Edges - 25 Sep 2016
- Fishing Boat WIP - 19 Sep 2016
- Meadow Land. A Re-Worked Painting - 16 Sep 2016
- Darla R, Plein Air Painting of a Fishing Boat - 15 Sep 2016
- Study: Mid Winter Sky - 12 Sep 2016
- Plein Air Washington at the Center for Wooden Boats - 10 Sep 2016
- Red! - 06 Sep 2016
- Taking a Walk in the Fog - 01 Sep 2016
- Winter Fields and Hedgerows - a Repaint - 25 Aug 2016
- Early Evening on the Cliffs - 21 Aug 2016
- Above the Morning Fog - 15 Aug 2016
- Magnolia Summerfest - 09 Aug 2016
- The Dunes - 13 Jul 2016
- Late Morning - 11 Jul 2016
- Starting Paintings from Sketches - 06 Jul 2016
- I'm Done With Clever Titles for Paintings of Chickens - 30 Jun 2016
- OMG! Oil Sticks!!!! - 27 Jun 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 26: 26th Avenue Sunset - 21 Jun 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 25: Late Evening - 06 Jun 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 24: South Lawn - 03 Jun 2016
- Sketch Marathon: An Online Article - 02 Jun 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 23: Japanese Tea Bowl - 30 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 22: Listening to Obscure Podcasts - 27 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 21: Chickening Out - 26 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 20: Painting in the Sand Dunes - 25 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 19: Lupins - 24 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 18: A Long Walk - 23 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 17: Hillside - 21 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 16: In and Out - 20 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 15: On the Back Trails - 18 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 14: Back Outside - 17 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 13: Even More Abstraction - 13 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 12: More Abstraction - 13 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 11: Painting on Location at Carkeek Beach - 11 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 10: Revisiting a Plein Air Notan Sketch - 10 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 9: A Seago Palette - 09 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 8: Back to the Water - 07 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 7: Working Directly from Notan Sketches - 06 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 6: Olympic Peninsula - 05 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 5: Showers - 04 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 4: Discovery Park - 03 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 3: Berlin Turnpike - 02 May 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 2: Winter Dawn - 30 Apr 2016
- Sketch Marathon Day 1: Morning, 25 December - 29 Apr 2016
- A Painting Taken Down from the Shelf - 28 Apr 2016
- David and Max - 21 Apr 2016
- How Do I Make My Own Painting Panels? - 21 Apr 2016
- The Meadow - 18 Apr 2016
- Grazing - 18 Apr 2016
- Preparing Linen - A Short How-To Guide - 13 Apr 2016
- Color Studies - Working Through Ideas Part II - 13 Apr 2016
- Charcoal Studies - Working Through Ideas Part I - 12 Apr 2016
- Discovery Park on Foot - 06 Apr 2016
- Breaking the Ice with Leftovers - 06 Apr 2016
- Discovery Park. Plein air by bike. - 30 Mar 2016
- Late Summer - 25 Mar 2016
- Spring Gales - 10 Mar 2016
- Light in the Sky - a study - 08 Mar 2016
- David and Max in progress - 07 Mar 2016
- Cell Phone Waiting - 07 Mar 2016
- A Very Gray Day - 02 Mar 2016
- Clouds on the Horizon - 26 Feb 2016
- Puget Sound Looking North - 24 Feb 2016
- Ridgeline (plein air) - 22 Feb 2016
- Portrait of Oban - 17 Feb 2016
- Discovery Park - 16 Feb 2016
- Great Northern’s Salmon Bay Bascule Bridge - 09 Feb 2016
- By the Trains at Carkeek Beach - 02 Feb 2016
- Alki Point - 01 Feb 2016
- A Cold Morning on Lake Union - 01 Feb 2016
- A Valentine's Day Gift - 30 Jan 2016
- A Windy Day - 22 Jan 2016
- Kid Stuff - 21 Jan 2016
- Some Forgotten Studies - 16 Jan 2016
- Clam Bay Studies - 10 Jan 2016
- Gloucestershire Old Spot - 06 Jan 2016
- Capitol Hill Seattle - 01 Jan 2016
- Charcoal Sketch of a Gloucestershire Old Spot - 31 Dec 2015
- Sunset - 30 Dec 2015
- More Beach Painting - 29 Dec 2015
- Painting at the Beach - 23 Dec 2015
- Bunny in Progress - 22 Dec 2015
- Setting up the New Studio - 09 Dec 2015
- Relocating - 24 Nov 2015
- Cottonwoods - 19 Oct 2015
- Another View of Meadow Grove Farm - 16 Oct 2015
- Chester - 14 Oct 2015
- Return to Ayrshire Farm - 13 Oct 2015
- Paint Out at Ayrshire Farm - 06 Oct 2015
- Waterford Art Harvest - 01 Oct 2015
- Return to Trough Hill Farm - 29 Sep 2015
- Paint Out at Trough Hill Farm - 22 Sep 2015
- Paint Out at Bronze Hill Farm - 15 Sep 2015
- Wind Field Farm (plein air and studio work) - 02 Sep 2015
- A WIP of a New Horse Portrait - 02 Sep 2015
- Charcoal Study for New Horse Portrait - 29 Aug 2015
- Mountain Road, Hillsboro - 27 Aug 2015
- Retired: A Horse at Little Fiddlers Green - 26 Aug 2015
- Return to Rock Spring Farm - 22 Aug 2015
- Small Abstract Landscape - 14 Aug 2015
- Setting Up for an Event - 14 Aug 2015
- Painting at Rock Spring Farm - 11 Aug 2015
- Molly Part 3: The Final Layers - 11 Aug 2015
- Molly Part 2: The Block In - 10 Aug 2015
- Molly Part 1: Starting With a Low Quality Photograph - 07 Aug 2015
- More Painting at One Trick Farm - 04 Aug 2015
- Elvis - 02 Aug 2015
- Painting at One Trick Farm - 28 Jul 2015
- Buddy - a portrait sketch - 25 Jul 2015
- Hillside Sketch - 21 Jul 2015
- Back to Meadow Grove Farm - 21 Jul 2015
- Meadow Grove Farm - 14 Jul 2015
- Portrait Sketch of Apollo - 13 Jul 2015
- Jackson - 08 Jul 2015
- Lenhart Farm - 07 Jul 2015
- Cheyenne - 29 Jun 2015
- Phish - 29 Jun 2015
- Lavender Farm - 16 Jun 2015
- Coming Up: Western Loudoun Artist Studio Tour - 12 Jun 2015
- Short Hill Sketch - 31 May 2015
- Elvan Road Study - 25 May 2015
- Blue Ridge Leader Article - 24 May 2015
- Nimrod - 20 May 2015
- Turbulence - 18 May 2015
- North Sky (Large) - 13 May 2015
- Warm Morning Sky - 12 May 2015
- Barn Cat - 07 May 2015
- The View from Trappe Farm - 05 May 2015
- Piletina - 04 May 2015
- A Few Small Outdoor Sketches - 04 May 2015
- One More Painting Out in the Back Yard - 02 May 2015
- Studies - 27 Apr 2015
- Daisy - 22 Apr 2015
- Painting the Light (A Work in Progress) - 19 Apr 2015
- Fall at Oakland Green - 16 Apr 2015
- Kuku - 15 Apr 2015
- Hay Bales by Furnace Mountain - 12 Apr 2015
- Wicket - 09 Apr 2015
- Portrait of 817 - 06 Apr 2015
- Soft, Hard, Scrambled: Edges in a Chicken Study - 05 Apr 2015
- A Small Portrait of Hannah - 30 Mar 2015
- Separating Light from Shadow - 25 Mar 2015
- Bradford - 20 Mar 2015
- Faraway Farm IV - 20 Mar 2015
- Sierra Lane, Looking West - 11 Mar 2015
- Color Study for Workshop Demo Painting - 10 Mar 2015
- New Rooster Painting - 04 Mar 2015
- Spartacus - 03 Mar 2015
- Painting at Woodgrove Meadows - 25 Feb 2015
- Beans in the Belfry - 23 Feb 2015
- A Small Chicken - 23 Feb 2015
- Re-work of an Existing Painting - 19 Feb 2015
- Figurative Portrait in Pencil - 06 Feb 2015
- Warlock - 29 Jan 2015
- Taking Some New Photos of an Older Painting - 20 Jan 2015
- Still Life Painting of an Apple - 19 Jan 2015
- Pier 66 and Brusque (Final Versions) - 19 Jan 2015
- Eros the Ram - 01 Jan 2015
- A Black Faced Ram - 19 Dec 2014
- A Work in Progress - Across the River in Maryland - - 12 Dec 2014
- Study of 806 - 08 Dec 2014
- A Fall Painting - 04 Dec 2014
- More Work on the Portrait of Grace - 03 Dec 2014
- A Thanksgiving Weekend Painting - 01 Dec 2014
- Color Study and Block In for a Portrait of Grace - 20 Nov 2014
- Color Design Using a Sub Set of the Palette - 12 Nov 2014
- A Plein Air Sketch: White Pine - 11 Nov 2014
- Morning Light - 07 Nov 2014
- Chicken Sunday - 06 Nov 2014
- Romney Sheep at Weatherlea Farm, Lovettsville, VA - 05 Nov 2014
- Plein Air With An Experimental Palette - 04 Nov 2014
- Modifying an Existing Painting - 29 Oct 2014
- Sheep Sketch 4 - 23 Oct 2014
- Behind Aldie Mill - 21 Oct 2014
- Sketch of the Orchard - 18 Oct 2014
- A Study in Layers - 18 Oct 2014
- Painting a Sheep - 16 Oct 2014
- Sweet Potato Dog Cookies - 13 Oct 2014
- Reworking a Painting - 12 Oct 2014
- Started on Location - 12 Oct 2014
- Portrait of Dylan - 03 Oct 2014
- Painting on Location Riverside at the Potomac - 30 Sep 2014
- Where to Find My Work this Fall - 27 Sep 2014
- Woodgrove Meadow - 27 Sep 2014
- Phillips Farm IV - entry for Waterford Fair - 24 Sep 2014
- Bluemont Fair - 19 Sep 2014
- Plein Air Return to Silverbrook Farm - 27 Aug 2014
- Some Work in Progress - 27 Aug 2014
- The Wildlife Meadows at Innisfree - 23 Aug 2014
- Barns on Shelburne Glebe Road - 23 Aug 2014
- Clune Forest Sheep Update - 20 Aug 2014
- Plein Air at Silverbrook Farm - 20 Aug 2014
- Another Rabbit - 20 Aug 2014
- Shelburne Glebe Revisited - 12 Aug 2014
- Featherbed Lane - 10 Aug 2014
- The Rabbit Next Door - 09 Aug 2014
- Clune Forest Sheep - Work in Progress - 06 Aug 2014
- Sunset Across the Street - 05 Aug 2014
- Catoctin View Lane - 26 Jul 2014
- Portrait of Maya - 23 Jul 2014
- Plein Air at Oak Hill, Bluemont - 22 Jul 2014
- Studies based on a scene from Copeland Farm in Hillsboro, VA - 19 Jul 2014
- Hay Bales at Dresden Farm - 19 Jul 2014
- Study for Featherbed Lane - 19 Jul 2014
- Phillips Farm at Waterford - 09 Jul 2014
- More Wheat Fields near Mountville, VA - 09 Jul 2014
- Wheat Fields at Groveton Farm - 26 Jun 2014
- Tuesday's Plein Air at Innisfree Farm - 17 Jun 2014
- Sunday Morning in the Studio - 15 Jun 2014
- Painting on Location in Marshall, VA - 10 Jun 2014
- Waterford Gardens - 08 Jun 2014
- A Few More Sketches and Studies for the Studio Tour - 06 Jun 2014
- Rams Head - 03 Jun 2014
- A Sketch Portrait of Shakespeare the Cat - 29 May 2014
- Painting on Location in Round Hill, VA - 29 May 2014
- Painting on Location in Waterford, VA - 14 May 2014
- Meadow Grove Farm - A Limited Palette - 05 May 2014
- Chicken Thursday - 10 Apr 2014
- A New Pochade Box - 10 Apr 2014
- Old Waterford Road - 31 Mar 2014
- A Landscape In Progress - 30 Mar 2014
- Fine Art Professionals of Northern Virginia Spring Exhibition - 29 Mar 2014
- Milltown Road Barn Sketch - 20 Mar 2014
- A New Portrait of Nikko - 20 Mar 2014
- Chicken Friday - 16 Mar 2014
- A Step in the Right Direction - 06 Mar 2014
- WLAST - Western Loudoun Artists Studio Tour - 04 Mar 2014
- Ebeneezer Farm - 25 Feb 2014
- Quarter Branch Road Winter - 25 Feb 2014
- Study of a Horse at Trappe Farm Revisited - 22 Feb 2014
- Some Tips on Process and Methods for Painting Animals - 14 Feb 2014
- Yellow Wood in the Fall - 01 Feb 2014
- East South East - 25 Jan 2014
- Study of a Horse at Trappe Farm - 25 Jan 2014
- Three Miles Out - 25 Jan 2014
- Barn Cat - the Original - 25 Jan 2014
- A Portrait of Ezekiel and Natasha - 25 Jan 2014
- Portrait Sketch of Hudson - 16 Jan 2014
- Another go at the Duck - 16 Jan 2014
- Monochromatic Sketch - Waterford - 10 Jan 2014
- More Sketching - 06 Jan 2014
- Dusk - 28 Dec 2013
- Wrigley - 28 Dec 2013
- A Sketch of Blazer - 28 Dec 2013
- A Plein Air in Black and White - 02 Nov 2013
- The Rooster at George's Mill - 01 Nov 2013
- A View of Short Hill - 30 Oct 2013
- Oakland Green Farm - 30 Oct 2013
- Rascally Rabbit - 29 Oct 2013
- Three New Portraits - 13 Oct 2013
- Almost sold out at Waterford - 06 Oct 2013
- Where to find my paintings in October - 02 Oct 2013
- Beans in the Belfry - A Black and White Oil Painting - 11 Sep 2013
- Plein Air Painting at McClellan Farm - 10 Sep 2013
- Gearing up For the Fall Season, Continued - 10 Sep 2013
- Gearing up For the Fall Season - 09 Sep 2013
- Plein Air Painting at Welsh Farm, Hamilton, VA - 03 Sep 2013
- I found some Holsteins! - 21 Aug 2013
- Out in the Field - 12 Aug 2013
- Another Plein Air at Faraway Farm - 12 Aug 2013
- Pasture Fed - 12 Aug 2013
- Another Small Sketch - 03 Jul 2013
- Painting at Faraway Farm - 02 Jul 2013
- Portrait of Zeke - 23 Jun 2013
- Tips for Taking Better Photographs of Your Dog - 18 Jun 2013
- Another Plein Air Study - 16 Jun 2013
- Painting Plein Air at Yellow Wood - 16 Jun 2013
- A Portrait in Pencil - 09 Jun 2013
- Getting Ready for Upperville - 23 May 2013
- The Day After The Fair - 12 May 2013
- Portrait of Mischa - 12 May 2013
- First Plein Air of the Year - 23 Apr 2013
- Plein Air Painting at Home - 11 Apr 2013
- Me exhibiting at Morven Park Spring Horse Trials - 07 Apr 2013
- Portrait of Honey - 05 Mar 2013
- Sketch of Jake - 27 Jan 2013
- Portrait of Flash: New Painting Step 11 - 27 Jan 2013
- Portrait of Two Children - 16 Jan 2013
- Portrait of Flash: New Painting Step 10 - 17 Dec 2012
- Sketch of Pearl - 11 Dec 2012
- Tree Study - 11 Dec 2012
- Another landscape with reworked sky - 08 Dec 2012
- Landscape study - 08 Dec 2012
- Painting clouds - 07 Dec 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 9 - 05 Dec 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 8 - 03 Dec 2012
- Self portrait in charcoal - 30 Nov 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 7 - 29 Nov 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 6 - 28 Nov 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 5 - 28 Nov 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 4 - 26 Nov 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 3 - 26 Nov 2012
- Portrait of Flash: New painting step 2 - 25 Nov 2012
- Starting a new painting - 21 Nov 2012
- The illusion of value in the shadows vs the lit areas - 14 Nov 2012
- Baking the Perfect Dog Cookie - 05 Sep 2012
- More Website Updates - 22 Aug 2012
- Finally! - 20 Aug 2012