Drawing Tutorials
Think of your art time like a pie chart: some slices for finished art, some for exploration, and some for fundamentals. This semi-blind contour drawing exercise builds confidence and sharpens observation so you can elevate your drawing skills.
Drawing Tutorials
Opposite hand drawing is a fun beginner exercise that helps improve your skills and shake off creative ruts. Using your non-dominant hand forces you to slow down, observe closely, and discover a more expressive, playful line quality in your drawings.
Drawing Tutorials
Negative space drawing is like pulling weeds — not glamorous, but essential. In this beginner guide, learn simple exercises that clear away clutter, sharpen observation, and keep your drawing skills fresh.
Drawing Tutorials
I'm about to do something that seems completely backwards – draw three subjects without ever looking at my paper. The results will look 'messy,' but they'll teach you more about seeing and drawing than years of careful, controlled sketches.
Drawing Tutorials
Four core drawing skills to improve your art—and your painting. A Florida parrot once landed on my shoulder; here’s the advice I kept.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
Explore the world of abstract art and mixed media, creating an abstract flower painting with acrylics. Video included, Let’s go!
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Learn how to turn a watercolor into a lively mixed media floral still life with collage borders, bold strokes, and vibrant on-surface color mixing.
Watercolor Painting Tutorials
Forget the usual broad washes—this watercolor seaside scene with coastal homes uses an unconventional, block-by-block approach. Loose, expressive, and full of fresh surprises.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
Paint your flowers in the center. Build the magic around the edges. How I discovered that putting collage around a painting instead of inside it creates instant depth and draws the eye exactly where you want it to go.
Acrylic Painting Tutorials
This is a how-to guide for painting a still life with flowers in acrylics — but with a twist. No music in the studio, just the rhythm of the brush. Loose, expressive, and very much garage-artist style.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
A gallery of recent coastal and urban landscapes created by transforming rejected watercolors into layered, expressive mixed media artworks.
Mixed Media Painting Tutorials
This floral still life started on a recycled “palette paper,” layered with a colorful collage border and painted loosely with acrylics for a fresh, textured finish.