I was once asked to give a talk about “thought leadership” in media. Two creative people I spoke about where Julia Child and Bob Ross. The former revolutionalized American cooking
I studied with John Ebersberger this week at l’Atelier aux Couleurs: the Art Academy. John’s a great teacher, full of energy, enthusiasm, and most of all, knowledge. He is from
The small town of Ojai is (pronounced /?o?ha?/ ) is a city in Ventura County, California. The city was founded as Nordhoff, until the time leading up to World War
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know that I often study with Camille Przewodek, a fantastic plein air colorist painter from Northern California. I recently chronicled my
While the high winds continued today in the desert, the class went on and Mark continued to help us focus on his tonal method. He starts by blocking in a
Mark Kerckhoff choose a great location for today’s first day of class, Indian Canyons. These studies were done in Palm Canyon, at the bottom of the hill from the Trading
Palm trees were made to paint–the palms a perfect brush stroke. I’m on my way to Palm Springs for a workshop with Mark Kerckhoff, stopping to paint where it strikes
Like all great workshops, I leave this week realizing how much I don’t know and energized to apply what I’ve learned to reach “the next level”. My goal is a
Another full day today painting! I took off a bit early to soak in the hot tub. Perfect. Tomorrow we paint the figure, which will be a nice change of
More mixed weather today, sun in the morning, overcast in the afternoon. I have two images by Camille, one for me. I only kept one as I spent the morning