If you would like to draw or paint a picture of your own dog, please see the “How to” videos on this website that will show you how to shoot a good photo of your own pet and how to transfer the photo to paper for painting. Or, you can contact me for a professional […]

   If you would like to draw or paint an image of your own dog, you can paint so with confidence from your own dog photo. Please see the “How to” videos on this website that will show you how to shoot a good photo of your own pet and how to transfer the photo […]

This pleasant winter picture can be reproduced  using this subject or any rural scene that you might pass on a winter’s trip to the country. For a free lesson on how to paint this landscape either as a beginner or an advanced painter, please see the following link….to your free copy of the Winter Shadows […]

          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 […]