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08/29/2026

Cheyenne or Bust — a painted journey inspired by the Grapes of Wrath era. I turned this Frontier Days museum car into a nocturne after a full moon night and shared a quick trick for painting a night sky. Watch the video class and join us for live painting next week and more in September. Read the full post and watch here: https://wix.to/u3LQY0E

This car looks like it is the one in the book "Grapes of Wrath". It was in the Frontier Days museum. It captured my imagination so I painted it on its journey. It was a full moon last night, so I turned it into a nocturn and show a quick trick for making a night sky. The video is now up at www.Showc...

08/27/2026

Thank You for voting “Plein Air Bear” your People’s Choice 2026! See you at the second program unveiling Saturday, September 5 at 9:30 AM at lake for another cool group of new sculptures.

08/22/2026

Missing the tonight because we are at raising $ for pediatric cancer cures. That’s our 1965 under the airplane prop.

08/22/2026

New Video Release: Painting Inspirations from Glass Objects — explore arranging colored glass into paintable still life, play with changing light, shadows and reflections, and photograph compositions with your phone. Video up now at our site — watch and try these ideas in class. Read more: https://wix.to/2DbLU2B

This week's project is to arrange colored glass objects into a still life suitable for painting. Lighting will change shadows and reflections. We will use phones to photograph the arrangements. Then we will choose our favorite to paint. We should be able to make a number of paintable scenes, both si...

08/19/2026

Painted this this morning on gessoed paper. ****ck

08/14/2026

New video release: Tree Shape — learn how to design a more interesting tree using circle templates (toilet-paper cores, lids, tape centers) and salt texture for leaves. Watch the video now and join our live classes next week (Monday 1:30–3:30 PM). Read more: https://wix.to/nsHpFtz

You were taught at an early age to make a tree like a lollipop. Ever find yourself still making that tree? Let's use the circle shape to make a tree with a bit more complexity. Find some circle templets - cardboard TP core, pill lid, tape centers, etc. You can use these to design your tree before pa...

08/07/2026

Play with color and imagination — make iridescent bubbles in minutes! 🎨🫧 Read the quick how-to from Showcase Art Center and try the fun, fast project (or go detailed and realistic). Classes this week feature bubble play — bring round tubes or TP rolls. Find the full post and video class info here: https://wix.to/nFltzNL

Play is an important concept in imagination. I give you permission to play. We will experiment with color to create iridescent bubbles. This week's quick video shows you how on www.showcaseartcenter.com (video class page - subscription $10/month for over 400 choices). This project can be fast and fu...

08/01/2026

We love our Holbein watercolors — named after Hans Holbein. Watch a speed-paint demo as we copy one of his portraits and hear a story of murder, romance and treachery — perfect for Art History Month. Join us next week to paint this portrait together, as stylized or detailed as you like. Read more and sign up: https://wix.to/EHlCCux

We love our Holbein watercolors. Did you know they are named after the master painter, Hans Holbein? While you watch me demo speed paint a copy of one of his paintings, hear the story of who he was. It envolves, murder, romance, treachery and art. August will be be art history month. Fabulous painti...

07/22/2026

I have painted about 90 of these boxes. Can you guess what they are?

07/19/2026