Join me in Carmel, CA on Saturday, March 15 from 12:00-2:00 for a presentation and book signing. I'll be talking about my friendship wit...

The new edition of The Artist's Guide to Sketching  releases today, and I want to thank everyone for your enthusiasm and kind words. We ...

Northeast Public Radio's Joe Donahue wanted to know this about sketching: "Do you do it to relax?" "What do you see that ...

 New post about riding the rails.

John S. Sargent, like most portrait artists of his time, insisted that models moved and spoke while they posed, unlike the contemporary prac...

Nathalia says: "I wish you could have captured a quick, cheap digital image of all of the drawing you made and SOLD. Just to have a rec...

I’m grateful to Zoungy Kligge for the insightful review of The Artist’s Guide to Sketching by me and Thomas Kinkade. Zoungy’s coverage incl...

R. Ives Gammell, one of the keepers of the academic flames, makes an interesting point about art teaching: “A painter’s training does not co...

New YouTube video covers: 1. Pathways of light reflected on water,  2. Hotspot priming  3. Contre-jour lighting. 4. The poetic traditions o...

I enjoyed my conversations with Michael Clawson, host of the American Art Collective Podcast ... and B. Eric Rhoads, founder of Plein Air M...