My winter scene as noted in my recent blog "Many Shades of Grey" has earned itself a warm and contrary color watercolor underpainting. I...

I decided that the underpainting will be a warm orange. This will contrast nicely with the blues of the snow I plan to pay down shortly!...

Often when viewing a landscape painting in progress, we feel that there is "something wrong" but don't quite know what that something is!...

Here's the completed version of "Lillie Park Vista,' started in the "Landscape in Pastels" class this January at the Michigan Art Center.

The reference photo for the birch tree painting in progress has a tangled mess of grasses, weeds, small trees and shrubs that appear to...

At any time in my studio, there can be several paintings in progress. I allow these paintings to "mellow" and take on further refinements...

I think we are done with this one! Now it doesn't hurt to let it "ripen" by leaving it accessible in the studio for some whim of a quick...

Taking notes while studying a work in progress are an important component of a successful painting. View your painting from a distant...

Here's the first cut of initial pastel to the "tree" painting. I like it; perhaps it stands alone as an abstract landscape.

At this stage of the painting, I am beginning to fill-in portions of the composition. Additional values are added in the shadier spots...

The finished paintings seen on this website were begun with an underpainting. An underpainting is a wash of colors and values that set...