My artist life began long, long ago. You see, my mother, whose name was Adele, was a talented artist and as a child my siblings and I didn’t know anything other than how to live life as an artist. We grew up surrounded by art and creativity. How fortunate were we!! During the last few […]

Hi, all.  I know I’ve been a little spotty with my postings lately.  I confess I’ve been preoccupied with getting my new Art with Adele membership up and established. Art with Adele has more than met my hopes, with more than 500 members!  If you want to consider joining us, you can learn more here: […]

So many choices! Given only a handful of large painted collage papers, you can create many possibilities for a painting. It could be an inspiration for another piece, or a finished piece itself. In this video I will show you 7 different possibilities for paintings using only a handful of large painted papers. While laying […]

What effect does layers upon layers of color have on your painting? Mark Rothko, one of my favorite artists, was famous for putting multi-layered colors, one on top of another to achieve a luminous effect. This is what he is known for. In today’s video you can watch me begin an abstract landscape doing just […]

Can you guess what the most important tool is for improving your work? I’m going to be kind of secretive about naming it because I want you to guess what it might be before you watch this week’s video. OK…Now, let’s go find out what that magical tool is that will immediately improve your painting…. […]

Do you know which famous artist coined the term “painting with scissors”? If you guessed Henri Matisse, you’re right. At the end of his career and his life, he was bedridden but he persisted in finding a way to continue working. And creating. He did this by mixing colors and painting them on large sheets […]

I don’t know about you, but I love interacting with other people. In fact, I find that the more questions I ask someone, the more I can learn from them. Any questions I ask someone else tends to provide me with more insights about an array of topics from how they view the world to […]

You have a blank canvas in front of you. What do you do with it? Do you stare at the canvas, and simply walk away? Or do you follow your urge and desire to create something? So let me ask you something: What makes you want to paint? Is it because you like the feel […]

Do you want to learn how to paint, but you fear the results? This fear is not uncommon among artists at any stage in the game. Fear of failure and fear of success are equally weighted. Regardless of where you are in your artistic journey – fear is a mental game that can stop the […]

It’s natural to make mistakes when you are starting out in any venture. And there will be many more along the way. But these help us in growing and learning how to improve. You cannot allow them to stop you from moving forward. There are plenty of mistakes and wrong turns I have made in […]