In the middle of doing the Old Fave, a friend and I had an intentional gathering of painting. We had talked of doing an ice study since nature had given us a lovely ice storm. So, over a hygge-ish atmosphere, including Riesling, warm socks, and a candle, we got out our paint stuff and went … More A Frosty Break: Barbed Wire Crystal

Up close, with the gouache paints, pencils, paper, and trying to keep up with the daily hobby habit. The young chap reminded me of some of the high school students I pass every day on the way to class. He’s got a fresh, hardy look to him. I love how his colors came out looking … More The Hunter Did a-Shooting Go…

Daily, intentional, hobby habits are moving this painting project along, with some challenges still to overcome! Here’s what I had a few days ago. And here’s what I have now: A lot done, but also a lot of raw stuff going on. One of those embarrassing to share moments; but this is what makes doing … More A little closer…

This week has been spent rather dutifully, chipping away, or in this case, brushing away at the redoing of my old favorite, pictured below: I’m learning a lot redoing it, and especially as I edit the pictures to put on this blog. For instance, I see that working in small blocks of time, while telling … More The Redoing Continued

Here’s an old favorite that was completed as a gift for a dear friend who has guided me spiritually. It’s the illustration of a soul won by God. The soul is like a deer, hunted, and pierced, in this case by the love of God. Then the hide of the deer, or soul, is stretched … More Redoing an Old Fave

This week has been a challenging one to keep up the daily habit of drawing. The wrapping up of a good Christmas break here, and sickness has made me a little loathe to put pencil to paper at times. But, discipline is the source of a good habit, so I tried to make time count … More Afternoon Sittings

Yuletide has brought a lot of business, and also warm gatherings. The activity took me away from drawing, and instead creativity was given to decorating and making gifts. But after Christmas, all its preparations accomplished, I felt the itch to bring something into existence on paper. I decided to actually set a timer to make … More Yuletide Sketches

Recently a group of young artists and I during our studio sessions, traveled down the street to sketch our local church, Immaculate Conception. It was a rather chilly lark, but we pretended we were in a snowy part of northern Italy, wandering through the streets, and came upon this wonderful church to add to our … More A Church among the Snow

A week ago we had a lovely snowfall, and so the next morning, bright and sunny, brought a white wonderland. Walking about, I looked for a spot where I’d try and capture the beauty of snowy morn by ‘sketching’ with my paints. My sit spot by the creek provided a lovely view. So, I sat … More Paint Crystals!

Happy Almost End of Advent Everyone! Tomorrow, December 17, starts the O Antiphons in the Roman Catholic Church. These prayers reflect the anticipation of the arrival of Our Savior. The painting above was completed this time last year, after working on it day by day. It is the third of the O Antiphons. Wikipedia provides … More Gaudete!