Impressionistic

Aug 3, 20191 min read

Fresh off the Easel: Heat Wave

A scorcher in southeast Michigan inspired by latest large pastel painting, "Heat Wave." Heat Wave is 18x24 done in soft pastel on Uart...

Mar 31, 20191 min read

Pastel Painting: Hoh Rainforest

The Hoh Rainforest is a temperate rainforest located in Olympic National Park. This painting is part of my PNW (Pacific Northwest) pastel...

Sep 15, 20182 min read

StudioSense: Fake Painting Tips

This blog article is an update to one published in March of 2018. The final version of the painting "Woodland Waltz" is posted at the...

Mar 24, 20183 min read

StudioSense: Seeing the Lake through the Trees

Hiking in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan last November, I cam across this varied collection of trees: Since the photo above is rather...

Feb 15, 20185 min read

StudioSense - "One" Color Fits All

In late December 2016 I visited Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the way to Arlington TX to see the Western...

Jul 22, 20171 min read

New Pastel Painting - Woolley Park Stroll

Woolley Park Stroll was started en plein air with my studio assistant Cosmo. Completed today, I decided to enhance some of the...

Jul 17, 20172 min read

Pastel Technique: Impressionistic Touches

On another plein air excursion this past weekend, I came across a bucolic early morning scene at Wooley Pary, just west of South State...