Is this or is this not one of the main problems you have in your painting process? Getting stuck. So many people have told me they get to a certain part of their painting and don’t like what’s happening but have no clue how to move forward so they add to their growing collection of […]

In just a few weeks, I will hit a milestone I hadn’t even imagined when I started teaching art online 4 years ago. Between my YouTube channel and the Academy, I’m about to publish my 300th weekly video that I’ve created! It’s crazy to think about but I love teaching you how to make abstract […]

Sometimes it all comes down to our attitude. Are you thinking that you don’t seem to be gaining any steam in your work? Do you feel like your painting has to be perfect or you can’t put it out into the world? Are you afraid to make a big mistake? Are you afraid of what […]

What you might not know about me is that I love binge watching medical shows. Whether it’s the drama of the patient being wheeled into the emergency room, or the emotional electricity in the operating room, both of these areas need to have everything organized to do the best job possible in every situation. Because […]

Have you ever had your eyeglasses come apart and all you needed was one of those tiny little Philips head screwdrivers to put it back together? So many times I’ve ordered toys for my grandchildren and before I give it to them I put the thing together and darn…I don’t have that tiny screwdriver to […]

When you think of paintings, I bet you typically think they’re done using either acrylic or oil on canvas or wood panels. But there are so many different materials artists use. I know I typically do. So when I visited Washington, D.C., several weeks ago and meandered through all the top museums on the National […]

Most of us go through life experiencing things and looking at them from the same perspective. For example, when you go to the grocery do you ever think to get down and look carefully at the very bottom shelf to see all the foods that are displayed there? There are so many that most people […]

Sharing with other artists and helping them to learn their craft and expand their skills more quickly has been the focus of my YouTube channel, which I started in 2019. There are about 88 videos on there right now and I plan to create lots more this year. Since you are on my email list […]

Most people spend several years of their lives devoting themselves to creating art. And then there are those exceptional people who have devoted their entire lives to creating…from painting to sculpture to collage to ceramics. Everything they do is the result of a mind filled with imaginative ideas. Let me give you an example of […]

This is the title of a book that jumped off the shelf when I was browsing through my local bookstore on Bainbridge Island the day before Christmas. First of all, I love non-fiction and whenever I go to a bookstore that is the section where I go to first. The table of new non-fiction books […]