Category Archives: How-to

Cat and Mouse: Catch the Gesture in Figure Drawing

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

At 4 am Mike shakes me awake: “Something’s wrong with the cat”.  A banshee wail comes from the living room. I call her name as though summoning a spirit. Her shape speeds past me in the dark and dives into … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure!, Art, Artists, Drawing, How-to, Sketching, Stupid Critter Tricks | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

When Big is better (or just really nice for a change)

Posted on January 30, 2011 by

It pays to have a good business sense if you want to survive as an artist. A lot of us are working on smaller, more affordable paintings to tide us over until the next major art boom. That said, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Artists, bird art, birds, Drawing, field sketching, How-to, Nature, painting, Panama, plein air, rainforest | 2 Comments

A New Work In Progress

Posted on August 2, 2009 by

Here’s a new piece- a mixed flock of birds sketched in the Amazon treetops, incorporated with a sketch of a bromeliad from the same site. It’s for my upcoming show in a section called, “Canopy Life: The View at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Artists, How-to, museums, painting | 8 Comments