WHY DOES SEATTLE artist Nino Yuniardi name his abstract paintings after foods? Watch this interview to hear his interesting answer. He’s also got a lot of fascinating things to say about the creative process. Sign up for my free minicourse “Kickstart Your Abstract Painting” TRANSCRIPT: Hi, this is Adele and I’m here with another creativity […]

IN THIS VIDEO I show why I made the decisions I did in painting this large 5×5’ neutral abstract. I share what I do with the first several layers, how I get pops of color that are really interesting, and when I add collage pieces and acrylic skins. CREATING DEPTH AND TEXTURE IN YOUR ABSTRACT […]

There are a million ways to create art. A while ago I was making some pieces, both paintings and collages that I loved, but that I thought they were too small. As you know, I love experimenting and reinventing so I looked around my studio and asked myself, “What can I do with this small piece to […]

Want to know why most of the time — unless I’m working on a very large painting — I work on multiple paintings at once? Working on multiple abstract paintings at the same time can give you flexibility and will result in a set of paintings that are visually related to each other even as […]

How do you get inspired by an artist or a painting without copying their work? In this video I will show you step-by-step how I create a collage from a painting — actually two paintings — by one of my favorite artists, Richard Diebenkorn. I have spent hours upon hours studying his work — from […]

Having trouble composing a large painting?  Think small. Working in a series of smaller pieces is not only fun but it’s a great way to build a larger work. In today’s video I’m going to demonstrate how I use collage to create four small pieces and then arrange them in several ways on a canvas […]

WANT TO HEAR from what many consider the world’s “guru on color?” Of course you do. She’s fascinating. Her name is Leatrice Eiseman and she is the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. In our interview she talks about why each of us is drawn to certain colors and why we are repelled by […]

One feature of my Art with Adele membership is monthly interviews with creative people — artists, crafts people, designers, gallery owners, etc. — about creativity. This one is personal: It’s my son Luis interviewing me. He came into this with a list of questions for me and I told him not to tell me what […]

GOT STUCK ….. in a painting and really had no idea how to move through it?  Me too. I mean, who hasn’t? There are quite a few ways to move through this stage and in today’s video you can watch exactly how I did just that, and listen to my explanation of why I made […]

WANT TO HEAR from a very successful interior designer who was encouraged by her mother and grandmother to be FEARLESS, to be a RISK-TAKER, and to COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES? You are going to meet her and hear all about her new book which was an immediate best seller. Her name is Tara Shaw. Her […]