I recently started a YouTube channel with pastel painting demos and painting tips. Before YouTube, I would blog about a painting from...

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

A quick impressionistic study completed before the rain and wind engulfed my plein air site! Marsh Meadow View Park, Pittsfield Township,...

Starting a painting entitled "The Clearing," I chose to build up an under-painting of acrylic. The colors I chose are (in general) the...

I will often start a pastel painting with an underpainting of either watercolor, acrylic, or a wash of pastel diluted with isopropyl...

In Pittsfield Township, Michigan, just south of Ann Arbor and east of Saline, there is a series of nature preserves (the "Pittsfield...

When I am not outdoors in one of my plein air painting excursions, I often take advantage of digital photography to enhance and complete...

Early mornings on humid summer days bring out an ethereal veil of the landscape, with a hazy look that almost blurs the nearby foliage...

Earlier this month I posted this blog in which I chose among my collection of blues to complete an underpainting all in blue. Here was...

I recently re-arranged my pastel palette, which revealed an abundance of blues. So I thought I would take advantage of such a variety...

My initial foray into plein air painting resulted in the painting below, "Wooley Park Stroll." As this painting sat in inventory I felt...

At Breezy Point, a beach community on the Atlantic Ocean in Queens, New York, early morning and late day brings out the most brilliant...

It seems that with a few days of temperatures in the low 70's, that foliage bursts furiously in Southeast Michigan. This pond and field...

Spring has finally arrived in Southeast Michigan. Touring a local nature preserve with my dog Cosmo, I came across this scene, replete...

Spring Break time is coming soon! "Season's Transitions" was inspired by a hike on the Chimney Tops trail at Great Smoky National Park. ...

Compositions can be enhanced through a variety of techniques. I like to think abut composition from two perspectives: first, the...

Rolling Hills County Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan maintains 3 miles of groomed cross-country skiing trails. I've enjoyed skiing and...

Conveying distance across the multiple planes of a landscape can be handled by muting the local color with grays, blues and the color's...

I am scheduled to teach "Enhanced Landscapes in Pastel" at the Michigan Art Center, starting Wednesday October 11 for five sessions. Last...

Sunny day at Breezy Point, New York. Soft pastel on sanded paper; 8x10. See the previous post on the acrylic underpainting....