Category: Art Scene

The Beauty of Music

One of my favorite parts of editing video is choosing the music. It creates the mood and flow of the whole piece. I found this one relaxing and both modern and classical. I hope you enjoy! by

Simple Layering

Liven up a basic building scene by adding Cadmium Yellow over the areas you want to highlight and Ultramarine Blue in the areas you want to recede Then start to add your browns in increasingly darker values. Allow …

Painting Faces

To paint a pale skin tone use a thin amount of Cadmium Yellow and Alizarin Red (mixed together) and a good bit of water. With those two paints you can create a neutral peach, light yellow or tan …

Antique cars

One of the life’s fun moments are when a piece of history drives past. I regularly see old cars and try to photograph them for future reference photos. I’ve now put some of those photos to paper and …

Basic Pale Skin Tones

The basic tricks to getting good soft skin hues. Time-lapse (below) and full watercolor painting Demo (release date May 31,2023)… Enjoy! by

Faces Series

Working with Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna to get beautiful rich skin tones. by

Popping on Videos

I use Open Shot Video Editor. This has now happened twice… Recently, when I was editing video and audio, there was a faint popping or crackling after exporting (NOT before) in the video? This can be extremely frustrating …

How to Paint Faces

Did you ever wonder how to mix colors to create different face tones? I’m practicing and sharpening my own skills, recording as I go. I hope my notes encourage and help you in your own paintings. by

From Blank Page to a Finished Painting

I recently had a viewer ask about the drawings under my painting. Was this a sketch? So… this time, I’ve created a full time lapse with drawing stage — from a blank piece of paper to a finished …

Free Hand Sketching the Human Form

I had an excellent question on one of my recent You Tube videos about whether my paintings were a “sketch”. To me sketching is intrinsic to drawing. If I were to define the nuance of each, sketchings are …