In The Studio

  • Puzzling Over Products (Part 2)

    But wouldn’t these make the cutest stocking stuffers?
  • Puzzling over Products (Part 1) Puzzles

    What I like about the adult puzzle is it is really hard. The picture has lots of variations of the same or similar blue. It is kind of fun to put a puzzle together of a painting that you did. I had flash backs of: “oh, that’s got to be where he is standing because I went a little more green in that blue there” moments. You know?
  • Acrylic Paint

    I licked my finger and wiped it over the Stabilo pencil line. Magic.
  • Reference Photos

    What does a giraffe look like? I need an apple for a practice technique. What kinds of coral are in the ocean and which shapes do I like best? These are just some of the times in the recent past I’ve searched for reference photos on Google.
  • Hairy Eyeball Monsters

    I envisioned bright colors and I got fun bright colors.
  • DIY Summer Camps for Kids

    Don’t do a new camp every week. You get camp director burn out by the third camp and you could care less about what your kids do that summer.
  • Color and Value

    This week I’ve been painting a spread from my story The Monster Under Jacob’s Bed. I’ve done it with acrylic paint and it is not done, but I want...
  • Color Science (Part 2)

    A little dioxazine purple goes a long way
  • Searching for a Monster

    I've been on the hunt for a monster.
  • Rock Climbing

    Don’t look down into the cracks, look where you want to step.
  • Color Science (Part 1)

    Maybe there was a chart of some kind that told you what colors were warm and which were cool and that everyone else had just been taught to memorize a list—like memorizing your times tables—-so they just knew and they didn’t have to figure it out every single time they reached for a tube of paint.
  • Have to Paint.

    I plan to get up early and throw paint around my studio.