Storage Tip
May 15, 2026
Three Ducks and Twilight Reflections
May 13, 2026
Finished Elora Painting
May 5, 2026
Why Study the Masters?
April 24, 2026
Sorolla’s Garden
April 22, 2026
Plein Air Painting in the Maleny Hinterlands
April 17, 2026
Analogous Greens and Tiny Details
March 24, 2026
Fresh Off the Easel: New Zealand, Autumn Colors
March 2, 2026
Realism and How We Perceive the World
February 24, 2026
Difficulty Scale
February 23, 2026
A Tricky Plein Air Study
February 18, 2026
On Stop/Starting
January 30, 2026
Kobe
January 8, 2026
What to Do When You Blunder
December 30, 2025
Elora Painting – Part 4
December 26, 2025
When Inspiration Strikes
December 18, 2025
Sorolla’s Cow Painting
December 15, 2025
Mount Barney Hike
December 8, 2025
“I thought I was too old…”
November 29, 2025
Why You Must Date Your Work
November 17, 2025
Elora Painting: Part 3
November 14, 2025
Big, Challenging Projects
November 10, 2025
Just Start
November 1, 2025
Elora Painting: Part 2 – Refining the Background
October 30, 2025
Analyze, Not Copy
October 24, 2025
Art Prompts
October 16, 2025
Elora Painting: Part 1 – The Background
September 29, 2025
The Case for MORE Detail and Complexity
September 18, 2025
The Art of Observation
September 17, 2025
Different Techniques, Same Painting
September 2, 2025
No Clear Focal Point?
August 29, 2025
When the Reference Photo Leads You Astray
August 22, 2025
Which Variation to Paint?
August 13, 2025
Goodbye to an Old Painting
July 25, 2025
Behind the Scenes of a New Tree Painting
July 22, 2025
An Interesting Observation About Color
July 14, 2025
Tick Off the Big, Easy Stuff First
June 29, 2025
New Painting, Subtle Subjects, and Fond Memories
June 25, 2025
Artists, Resilience, and the Pandemic
June 22, 2025
A Tricky Color Problem
June 14, 2025
When Things Start to Click
May 3, 2025
Learning From Failed Paintings
April 9, 2025
Adelsteen Normann’s Summer in Fjord
March 17, 2025
Seeing MORE Color on Overcast Days
March 12, 2025
What to Do When You Do Too Much?
February 28, 2025
Plein Air Painting and Fishing
February 14, 2025
What Are You Really Painting?
February 3, 2025
Gustav Klimt’s Beech Grove
January 31, 2025
Jeremy Mann’s Plein Air Books
January 29, 2025
Jeremy Mann’s Documentary
January 25, 2025
John Constable’s Sunset on the Seine
December 14, 2024
Arthur Melville’s Watercolors
November 20, 2024
Frank Johnston’s Sunset in the Bush
October 24, 2024
Lesson From the Easel
October 23, 2024
Thumbnail Test
October 17, 2024
Drawing Arabella
October 14, 2024
On Color Deficiencies
October 4, 2024
3 Tips for Painting With a Limited Palette
September 27, 2024
Bernard Dunstan and Diana Armfield
August 9, 2024
Jeremy Mann on Tools, Materials, and Rollers
June 11, 2024
More Complex Than Meets the Eye
May 28, 2024
New Zealand’s Colors
April 19, 2024
Don’t Iron Out All Your Bad Habits, Kinks, and Quirks
March 14, 2024
When NOT to Follow My Lead
March 13, 2024
Simple Doesn’t Mean Easy
March 11, 2024
Thinking Fast
March 8, 2024
Deep Work
March 4, 2024
Finally Done: Elora With Christmas Lights
February 16, 2024
Nicolai Fechin’s Landscapes
February 9, 2024
Elena Salnikova’s Colorful Portraits
January 30, 2024
Dad’s Old Drawing
January 15, 2024
2023 Wrap Up and Getting the Most Out of This Year
January 5, 2024
Creating a Painting Is Only Part of the Story
October 11, 2023
Learning Control and Restraint
September 20, 2023
Anna by Swedish Painter Bruno Liljefors
September 8, 2023
La Chula by María Sorolla
August 9, 2023
Paul Cézanne: Personal Favorites
May 29, 2023
Fresh off the Easel: Perth Gardens
May 12, 2023
Summer Meadow by Stanislav Zhukovsky
May 8, 2023
Painting Perth’s Rocky Coastline
April 14, 2023
Thomas Moran’s View of Venice
March 23, 2023
Why You Should Take Progress Shots of Your Work
March 8, 2023
My Problem-Solving Process
March 2, 2023
It’s Easier to Paint From Your Own Reference Photos
February 9, 2023
Steve Huston on Sketching
January 26, 2023
New Reference Photos: Perth Beaches and Gardens
January 21, 2023
Noticing Beauty in the World
January 6, 2023
A Small Study and a Lesson on Reflected Light
January 4, 2023
Bob Kuhn 1997 Interview
December 14, 2022
Visit to a Museum by Edgar Degas
October 28, 2022
New Reference Photos – Maleny, Queensland
October 22, 2022
On Changing Style
July 13, 2022
My Go-To Resources for Theory
July 1, 2022