Honoring Mentors

“If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton If Continue reading →

Boundaries and Grids of Life

 A common exercise to help train the artist’s eye is to enlarge the image of a photograph by using a Continue reading →

New Fall Art Classes

New Humboldt County Art Classes are starting mid-September!  Acrylic Painting in Fortuna starts Tuesday, September 17th at Fortuna Fabrics and Continue reading →

Natural and Spiritual Gifts.

The Times-Standard, a Eureka, California newspaper included a very kind article about painting and teaching here on the North Coast. Continue reading →

Why Art?

Why art?  Many would say there are much more practical ways to spend one’s time and energy.  There are incredibly Continue reading →

Sole Inspiration

In last night’s Colored Pencil Drawing Class the subject was shoes. The students did a great job bringing all kinds Continue reading →

Teaching Art – Part of the New Adventure

Last night students had the choice of either drawing the poseable figure, the fresh-cut flowers, or using the grid technique to Continue reading →