There’s less than a week away to MarsCon in Minnesota! I’m very excited to be one of the creative guests of honor and am looking forward to participating in the events. I created three original pen and ink drawings for the convention’s program book. The original art will be...
Mar22016
MarsCon Minnesota 2016
Feb242016
Solvent Free Oil Painting
I needed a solution for painting without solvents so I turned to M. Graham’s Walnut Alkyd Medium, an Artists’ Oil Medium. There are several options out there but this is one of the products I have on hand. I’ll be doing an oil painting demo at a sci-fi fantasy...
Feb172016
Robo Show at Light Grey Art Lab
Last Friday I went to the opening night of The Robo Show at Light Grey Art Lab. I just can’t stop thinking about it, I think it’s one of the best shows they’ve put on. The range of types of robots portrayed is broad and each piece is a...
Feb102016
Artist Sketchbook
Keeping an artist journal or sketchbook can be tricky sometimes. Or maybe it feels like a difficult, lengthy chore. Stephan Orsak shared some insights into the artist journal and making it a fun part of the creative process in a recent workshop. I’m not a consistent scribbler. I’d like...
Feb32016
Twin Cities Drawing Co-ops and Classes
Join me! Register for one of my figure drawing classes. If you want independent study, below is a list of figure drawing co-ops in our area, and one online resource. Figure Drawing Classes: I teach some figure drawing classes at The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Arts in Minneapolis,...
Jan272016
Twin Cities Winter Art Ideas
It’s winter in Minnesota and a lot of us are holed up in our homes and don’t get to see much of other humans. Maybe you’re like me and around February you start to get a little cabin fever. If you’re looking for something art-y to do here are...
Jan202016
Solution for a Nocturne
I was a little flummoxed as to how I needed to arrange the values in my Owl Man project to give it a dusk or nighttime feel. One thing that I was taught and has worked for me is to look at how other artists solved a similar problem....
Jan132016
Improve Your Drawing Skills
Do you want to improve your drawing skills? There are many ways to go about this. In my post today I share one of the ways I learned to improve my drawing skills. “I want to get better at drawing.” What does that mean? Do you want to learn...
Dec302015
Windmill Limbs
Here’s a look at the tools of gesture drawing applied to a picture instead of isolated at the drawing co-op. I love it when the gesture in the thumbnail version conveys the idea I’m trying to communicate. Sometimes it gets lost along the way and I have to find it again. ...
Dec232015
Miserable Kid and Perfectionism
This kid looks miserable. I don’t know how old I was. Based on that haircut, probably about 8 or 9 years old. My mom, bless her heart, helped me bake the cake and make all the different colors of frosting (By “helped” I mean she most likely did all...