HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! As I start a new year, I begin to plan and think about what I want the year to bring, how I want to develop my artwork, how I want to change things up, and how I want to help you improve your painting. Along the way I had a brainwave! Why
As we approach the holiday season, I wondered who I could ask to guest blog, whose work would reflect the season of joy and warmth and love. And then it became obvious – Kathy Hildebrandt and her amazing still life paintings filled with childhood memorabilia. Happily, Kathy agreed to contribute a post and here we
Ohhhh it’s been awhile since I wrote a pastel painting roundup. They do take me a long time to create – compiling images, making choices, finding something interesting and intelligent to say, writing the piece for each pastel, editing, and final tweaking. My choices for this pastel painting roundup (and all roundups) are personal as
“I need to clear all the day-to-day stuff before I go into my studio. The problem is, once I do that, I usually don’t feel like painting – I’m too tired or I don’t have enough time. I just don’t seem to be able to make time for art.” I hear this A LOT! And
I’ve just returned from teaching two different still life workshops to members of the Southwest Florida Pastel Society (SWFPS). I had an amazing time with a bunch of committed artists who were warm and friendly, and who put up with my insistence on them doing thumbnails! Naturally, I encouraged them to use a viewfinder to
When I first saw the Wave series, I was blown away! (You can read what I had to say in one of my round-ups.) Who was the artist IÂ wondered? Turns out it’s Jessica Masters. This year, I met Jessica at the ICAN Conference and was delighted by her warm personality, her work, and her generous
I’ve just finished the HowToPastel’s 31-pastels-in-31-days Challenge. This year I decided to use only my Unison Colour 36-set of pastels. In the end, I created 29 pieces with this set. Only two pieces weren’t: the first day’s pastel which I did prior to making this decision to use the Unison Colour 36-set; and one created
Ohhhhhhh I am sooooooo excited. I have a very special (yes, very!) guest for you. This is an artist I have admired for years. I know many of you feel the same way about this pastel (and oil) artist. It is my privilege to welcome Richard McKinley to the HowToPastel blog. I am thrilled he said
I’m deep into painting for the 31-pastels-in-31-days Challenge. My first painting was a small vase filled with ageing flowers. I painted it. I liked the subject and the tall format and wondered what it would be like to explore a single subject in more paintings. Suddenly I was flooded with other ideas for painting this
Recently, when I was asked by a coaching client about painting a night scene, we went over some particulars of what goes into painting a night scene. It really comes down to paying attention to value and colour and what happens to both at this time of day. Most of the values in a night scene
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