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As the clock ticking close to midnight, I am turning my eyes to the year passed and all that has happened in my art journey along the way. ...

I stayed up late for three consecutive nights and finally managed to finish this one for the Santa Clara Valley Watercolor Society 's A...

Have you ever experienced this -- you are looking at a beautiful reference photo, and you have a clear vision of how the painting will turn...

I finally manage to finish this and send it off before the deadline today... It was literally painting against the clock. Two down, one to ...

Hi everyone! I am finally back from China... It's been a long absence and I've done a bunch of landscape sketches that I am going t...

I have divided my time between this one and the Purple Hibiscus painting, which is also close to finish at this point. After doing several ...

It may not seem that a lot has been done since its last WIP , but believe me, many hours of loving labor has gone into this little painting...

I was quite busy since the end of June on this new project -- I was juried into the " 50-50 Show " hosted by the Sanchez Art Cent...

This painting is finished and I have to drag my own hands from it -- no more further fiddling!!! I have to learn when to stop before fuzzin...

One of the greatest struggles of watercolor is the balance between modelling the color and value of your subject accurately, and maintain t...

The process of putting overpainting layers wet-in-wet is both exuberant and nerve-wrecking -- to created a truly integrated look, and avoid...

I've started to group my painting efforts and work on parallel projects with similar palette simultaneously, so today I worked on the c...

The background underpainting of leaves and shaded grounds is finished at this stage -- oh boy, did it take more time than I had initially p...

A very busy day outside studio running around to shop for framing materials and replenish paints, unfortunately without a lot of time dedic...