It's freezing outside! Which means that it's time for me to get out my warming palette, so that I can paint outdoors. Yes, that's right....

If you've seen a recent picture of me, you might wonder why would this guy need a hair dryer? But, I do and I use one for my watercolors...

I have quite a few favorite colors and Payne's Gray is definitely among them. It's a bluish-gray color that we add to our landscape...

"Brushes of good quality are the most important. If properly treated, they will last for years. So do not buy cheap ones that soon go to...

When I’m seeking inspiration and new ideas, I go to a museum and look at the old masters. A visit to a museum is a great way to spend the...

Today is Anders Zorn's birthday! Born 160 years ago in the small rural town of Mora, Sweden on February 18, 1860, he is considered to be...

“I always paint what I see,” said Turner; yet no painter ever departed further from close imitation or took more liberties with his...

“As one might speak of Velazquez’s blacks, one must speak of DuMond’s greens” - William H. Gerdts, American Impressionist Writer and...

“Of all the tools you’ll use in transparent watercolor, by far the most important one is your paper. Watercolor paper must be of good...

This list could really be twelve places I’d like to paint before I stop, but I can scratch off two from the list - the Parthenon in...

"As first glimpsed from the edge of the abyss, the Grand Canyon is a geologic marvel and a spiritual emotion. Below is a primeval void,...

I suggested to a student once, that he should purchase a good sable brush. I was a little embarrassed when I told him the price – sables...

I always say, "Real men (real watercolorists) don't use white or art masking fluid." I work in a "pure" manner, and I don't...well hardly...

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don’t know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon...

The Salmagundi Club in Manhattan has a unique collection. Numerous palettes of artists from the past adorn the walls above the library...

"Has the music room dissolved, this morning, in the sunshine? I felt last night as though I were in a Hans Anderson Fairy Tale, ready to...