Nature is one of the best places from which to gather reference. I’ve been working on a piece that is set during twilight. Using my memory, I made several attempts at a twilight color and value scheme in color studies but the look and feel just wasn’t coming across....
Jul52017
Plein Air at Twilight
May312017
Saturday Full of Art
This coming Saturday is full of art! The MN Landscape Arboretum will be hosting a show of works from The Atelier titled “Breathing Classical Life into Today’s Art: Works from the Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art in Minneapolis”. Reception: Saturday, June 3 1:00-4:00 pm There is a fee...
May172017
Artists for The Atelier 2017
Attend Our Atelier Instructor Art Show and Fundraising Sale 2017 Friday, May 19, 2:00-9:00pm Saturday, May 20, 12:00-8:00pm Sunday, May 21, 12:00-5:00pm (This is also the weekend of the 2017 Full Time Student Show). Enjoy and purchase prints, drawings, watercolors, oils, and sculptures of figurative, still life, landscape, and...
May132017
Idea Prompt
What’s in the box? Does anyone own the box? Where did it come from? Where was it found? Who made it? Now go play. Give yourself 10-15 minutes. Write or doodle whatever comes to mind. It does not need to be “finished” or “perfect”, just get the ideas out...
Apr142017
Foundlings: Strengthening Artistic Intuition
In my efforts to loosen up and trust my imagination more, I decided I need to strengthen my creative intuition, trusting my gut and follow where my imagination takes me instead of putting on the brakes too soon and following the “rules”. I think it’s important for me to...
Mar252017
The Unicorn Art Show 3
Only two weeks away! The third Unicorn Art Show will magically appear in Northeast Minneapolis. I will have three pieces in the show this year. My art will be there but I have another commitment so won’t make it to the show. I’m bummed about this because I’ve been...
Mar132017
Art Display – Lodestone Coffee and Games
Gaming + Coffee + Art! Starting this week some of my art will be on display at Lodestone Coffee and Games in Minnetonka, MN. Currently NEW large versions of the four elementals are available for viewing and purchase. For this new limited edition print run of the elementals, I’ve...
Mar112017
Reshaping Brushes
A few of my bristle brushes have splayed out so I experimented on how to reshape them. On most bristle brushes, the hairs have a slight natural curve to them. But with use they get out of shape. In “Painter’s Handbook: Revised and Expanded” by Mark David Gottsegen, he...
Feb242017
Book Review: “Hawthorne on Painting”
I read art books in the hope that I’ll learn something new, or find a new-to-me way of looking at an old tool or idea. I seek out information in an effort to grow as an artist and try to be a more effective instructor. I consider a book...
Feb42017
New Art on Dura-Lar Part 2
Drawing on the polyester film was like running my hands across a length of satin fabric. This was the first time I’ve used it. For the most part I was able to build up fairly rich values, and erase back to a pretty clean surface. However I did manage...