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Painting Tip #2: Simplify the Landscape
May 15, 2017
This is an older plein air painting that I reworked in the studio. I simplified the composition and added a few sheep for added interest....
Painting Tip #1: A Simple Way to Improve a Sky Painting
May 12, 2017
For an artist there is nothing better than having good paintings on hand, ready to sell. And turning an old painting into a better one will make you happier than finding money in an old coat pocket....
Avoiding Muddy Colors in a Plein Air Painting
Apr 22, 2017
The spring finally caught up with me today and I got outside for my first plein air event of the year. I painted with the Plein Air Painters of Washington at Washington Park Arboretum. ...
A Landscape Painting Based on Analogous Colors
Feb 21, 2017
This painting features one of my favorite locations in Loudoun County. It it one of the few places in the Loudoun Valley where the landscape is flat and you have an unobstructed view across several fields all the way to the foot of the Blue Ridge....
Finding a Creative Solution for a Difficult Painting Problem
Feb 19, 2017
Low Tide. 10 x 17.5, oil on linen panel. 2017. One of the biggest problems I've found with paintings of the shore is that it can be difficult to make them look interesting. There is a tendency (except in very specific light conditions) for everything to look flat. This headland in Magnolia is o...
A Painting With Strong Color Harmony
Feb 7, 2017
Fractals. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2017 Painting's a funny business. You spend what feels like forever struggling to create something decent and then you get in the studio on a random day and paint something effortlessly. It doesn't make any sense at all. In this painting I was trying to creat...