Metallic and iridescent paints are some of my favorites for adding a bit of unexpected pizazz to my paintings. That being said – I’m not really a bling bling kind…

PROBLEM SOLVING WATERCOLOR MISTAKES I love using gouache and acrylic paints in my paintings! Why? Because they are my “mistake erasers.” These paints are great for hiding mistakes and covering…

THE PROBLEM OF LIGHTFASTNESS… Watercolor concentrates tend to be a pretty device supply when it comes to artists. The reason is because most are not lightfast… But what is lightfastness?…

For years watercolor brushes were always a mystery to me – why were some so expensive while others to inexpensive and was there really a difference? Well, the answer is…

I’m really picky when it comes to paper – it has to have a certain texture as well as absorption strength that fits my preferences. Watercolor is already hard enough…

“TO BE YOURSELF IN A WORLD THAT IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MAKE YOU SOMETHING ELSE IS THE GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT.” – RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE GOODIE TWO-SHOES… I was always considered…

IN THE LONG RUN – SOMETIMES YOU SHALL DO MORE BY DOING LESS. – Charles Spurgeon.   MY LITTLE PROBLEM… I don’t know about you, but I have this knack…

DRAWING IS HARD… Since I was a kid – I always gravitated more towards painting than drawing. The colors on the page were so much more memorizing and easier to…

Just a bit of background… I’m gonna be real with you – the past couple of weeks have been literally chaos! First my father-in-law discovered he had kidney cancer and…