As artists who paint, we always get paint on our hands while working on a painting, right? I know I do every time I paint. Years ago I found a couple of products that really helped me get cleaner hands after painting.

Lots of new acrylic painters ask me what type of acrylic paint is right for them to use. There are lots of options out there for acrylic paint - that’s one thing that makes it so desirable to use. In this video I categorize acrylic paint by the viscosity (thickness or thinness) of the paint.

In this video I show you my entire watercolor painting process with instruction as I go through each step. It’s a long video, so there really isn’t much need for me to elaborate any further here.

Enjoy, and I hope it is helpful for you.

This painting is a companion piece to “The Light Within” shown on the vlog a couple weeks back. This piece is painted on a 22x30 sheet of 300lb Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Paper coated with gesso.

This painting uses an analogous color combination of red-violet, red, red-orange, orange and yellow-orange.

An artist resume’ is sometimes confused with an Artist Biography or an Artist Statement. Each of these is a distinct document that has a different function, with different information and written in a different way. The artist resume’ is sometimes called (if you’re real fancy, or in academia-thankfully I am neither) a Curriculum Vitae or CV.

If you know any Marines, you may have heard them talk about “Improvise, Adapt and Overcome.” This is a common thread in Marine training that helps them to secure what they need during the chaos of combat.

While I am not trying to say that artists are in the same league as those who dutifully serve our wonderful country, there are things artists can learn and use from Marine training.

I absolutely love this color combination! I haven’t used it for a long time, so I thought to myself, get those warm colors out and have some fun. This piece is painted on 36x36 gallery wrapped linen.

This painting uses an analogous color combination of red-violet, red, red-orange, orange and yellow-orange. Okay and probably yellow too - don’t judge me if I don’t follow all the “rules.”

There is one thing every painter has in common: we all were at one time beginners. It’s tough being a beginning painter. Most that I talk to have no idea what to do or where to start, and most choose the wrong way to begin their painting journey.

The Summer is nearly over here in North Carolina (according to the sun-tomorrow is the Autumnal Equinox, the official start of autumn). While I am awaiting the glorious colors of autumn, I caught myself thinking about the height of summer. This painting is a celebration of the “everything is green” summers that we have in NC.

This painting video was originally posted back in early 2016. This version is a updated with new music and and some new graphics. The original video has more than 90,000 views, which is really good for one of my videos.