Painting Parasols at the Beach,
and Tips in this...

This list of tips was partly born from teaching in Florida and from teaching here on the beach of ...

Majestic Verticals!

I called this 'triangle country' as the clouds presented this.
Maybe it IS in the soil and it's reflected outward. Nature is that...

Palms, at Sunrise & Sunset.

Those beautiful Chinese palms!
I have them in Holland too, smaller of course, are these 'Sabal Palms'?

So glorious to se...

Sand Colors,

Different!
This sand wasn't easily 'conquered', yet, it's of course always similarly solved:
by viewing what's there. If a color is ther...

Interpreting Reality.

The painterly interpretation of a scene and experimentation in this, and the zillion choices in this, for me, this is what make...

Non-Logic & Logic. Sensing your way into it,

Sheep clouds as we call them here, they are the most difficult to portray. Because the sun has its own h...

See The Process. (Video)

Looking back to a year ago, you can see the progress. 
You can see yours too, if you paint, progress is visible always. As lo...

Paint what you love (- or don't paint it.)

Sometimes you are Really lucky, and here I was, because of 'all colors'. When you study sunsets you'll kno...

Winds & Warmth.

A sunset is most always better with some activity, whether it's clouds, figures, kites, it decides a lot; how a painting makes you fe...

Reasons for starts.

The yellow parasol was the reason for picking this view. The shallow water great for children to play in, a hot busy beach.

I fu...