Burnsville Redux
At the Brunsville paintout last weekend, I found a sheltered spot where I had a view of a house with a steeply pitched roof and an old brick wall with…
Last Light
Over the weekend, I participated in the Toe River Arts Council Plein Air Paintout in Burnsville, NC along with Barbara Yongue, Glenda Keyes, Jim Finch, Mark Conrardy, Pete Holland, and…
Purple Iris
It's iris time in South Carolina. Although the weather has been unusually cool and rainy the last couple of weeks, the flowers aren't deterred from their normal bloom sequence.…
What Is Chroma?
Would you like to know more about how colors interact with each other? Do you want to know how to avoid making "mud" when you mix colors? …
Impression of Soda City
On Saturday the About Face plein air group painted at Boyd Plaza in front of the Columbia Museum of Art. We were practicing painting in an impressionistic style to promote…
Paint Like an Impressionist
Have you seen the Impressionism from Monet to Matisse exhibit at the Columbia Museum of Art? The exhibit presents a broad overview of Impressionism and Post-impressionism from the Dixon Gallery and…
Is Your World Yellow?
The challenge of the week on Mail Me Some Art is to make a round postcard. I chose a yellow theme to coordinate with our storm of yellow pine pollen and…
Mail Art
Have you ever wished to receive something in your "snail mail" other than bills and advertisements? Have you ever thought of mailing a pice of your art to someone else?…
More Irish Luck
The rolling farm land around Barbara Yongue's house inspired a second painting at last week's paintout. I used a palette knife and muted colors to capture the bare trees and…