A pleasant rural scene can be reproduced using this subject, or any rural creek that you might pass on a winter’s hike in the country. Use the guidelines listed in the Procedures to complete your winter creek. Follow the link to your free copy of the Winter Creek Art Lesson.

          This picture is a good example of what masking can accomplish. The heads of the wildflowers are masked off using liquid mask it (preferable) or small pieces of masking tape. I have not tried to be as botanically accurate as possible but, instead displayed an informal variety of wild flowers […]

In this peaceful scene the swan is preparing to take off from the water as evidenced by the turbulence behind her. Swans are heavy birds and require some effort to take off from a still lake. For a free lesson on how to paint this trumpeter either as a beginner or an advanced painter, please […]

This beautiful flower, called Champagne Lace was named the rhododendron of the year for 2016 by the American Rhododendron Society. In this picture  I attempted to be as botanically accurate as possible showing the flower in full bloom. Because we are dealing with a very light colored flower I have painted the shadows in the […]

In this picture I attempted to be as botanically accurate as possible in the foreground showing the flowers in full bloom but used a looser style in the background to show depth of field. I chose an environment of milkweed because not only is that their habitat, they are conveniently a contrasting color of orange […]

          This magnificent bird has a wingspan of 1 to 1.5 meters. It is amazing how it can fly through the branches of a dense forest gracefully and not hit a tree. Early naturalists called him the ‘Winged Tiger”. The distinctive ‘horns’ are really feathers behind his ears that flare up […]