Potatospalace

07/20/2026

Back at the painting desk after an incredible weekend at Pigment in Austin.

One of the biggest takeaways wasn't a new technique or a new product—it was seeing the incredible variety of artistic styles. You could sometimes tell who painted a piece before you even knew the artist's name.

It got me thinking... have I developed a style of my own? Or am I still borrowing bits and pieces from the painters who have inspired me over the years? That's a question I don't have an answer to yet, but it's one I want to explore.

This bust is the first one on my desk since getting home, and I'm trying to let myself experiment with a different way of doing skin. And pushing some harsher contrast than I'm used to. It may not all work, but that's part of growing as an artist.

07/11/2026

Day One Pigment in the books! I am grateful to have taken a class taught by KAHA Katarzyna Górska. While I'm certain I didn't follow instructions given. I was given an introduction to other forms of contrast.Thank you Amanda J Lowe for putting up with my obsession, and joining me this weekend!

07/06/2026

Behold! Valerian Seedkeeper, the Rodent Redeemer. This mighty pipsqueak is charging into battle with their Greatsword of the Squeak! They want to prove to other animals that good things do come in small packages. I'm happy to have gotten them completed just in time for !

06/15/2026

🎨 Plenty of seats still open for workshops at SoonerCon 34! I would love to see a packed room or two!

I'll be teaching three hands-on miniature painting classes during SoonerCon, June 19–21, 2026, at the Embassy Suites in Norman, Oklahoma. Whether you're looking to paint more realistic skin tones, create convincing weathered metal effects, or simply take better photos of your painted miniatures, there's a class for you!

🖌️ **Miniature Painting: Skin & Faces—Exploring Undertones (Face Off)**
Learn how undertones influence skin color and how to paint more believable, expressive faces on your miniatures.

⚔️ **Miniature Painting: Weathered Metallics with Acrylic Paints**
Discover techniques for creating worn, battle-tested metallic surfaces using acrylic paints—perfect for armor, weapons, and machinery.

📸 **Miniature Painting: Phonetography**
You've painted your masterpiece—now learn how to photograph it using the camera you already carry every day: your phone.

Register here:
🎭 Skin & Faces: https://checkout.conventions.leapevent.tech/eh/Soonercon_34/56714/478940
⚔️ Weathered Metallics: https://checkout.conventions.leapevent.tech/eh/Soonercon_34/56714/478938
📸 Phonetography: https://checkout.conventions.leapevent.tech/eh/Soonercon_34/56714/478942

06/10/2026

🎨 Want to level up your miniature painting skills at SoonerCon 34?

I'll be teaching three hands-on miniature painting classes during SoonerCon, June 19–21, 2026, at the Embassy Suites in Norman, Oklahoma. Whether you're looking to paint more realistic skin tones, create convincing weathered metal effects, or simply take better photos of your painted miniatures, there's a class for you!

🖌️ **Miniature Painting: Skin & Faces—Exploring Undertones (Face Off)**
Learn how undertones influence skin color and how to paint more believable, expressive faces on your miniatures.

⚔️ **Miniature Painting: Weathered Metallics with Acrylic Paints**
Discover techniques for creating worn, battle-tested metallic surfaces using acrylic paints—perfect for armor, weapons, and machinery.

📸 **Miniature Painting: Phonetography**
You've painted your masterpiece—now learn how to photograph it using the camera you already carry every day: your phone.

Seats are limited, so if one of these topics interests you, I'd love to see you in class!

Register here:
🎭 Skin & Faces: https://checkout.conventions.leapevent.tech/eh/Soonercon_34/56714/478940
⚔️ Weathered Metallics: https://checkout.conventions.leapevent.tech/eh/Soonercon_34/56714/478938
📸 Phonetography: https://checkout.conventions.leapevent.tech/eh/Soonercon_34/56714/478942

05/16/2026

Hi Folks!
I'm happy to announce I am teaching a class at Dice Addiction Games & More on June 6th. This has been an effort months in the making. If you've been wanting to take your skin tones to the HNL. This class should pique your interest! 🖌️

Painting Skin & Faces: Exploring Undertones is a miniature painting class that explores building skin from the inside out. Students will paint a bust and learn where purple, green, red, and yellow undertones belong before the final skin tones go on. The class covers shadow placement, midtones, highl...

04/28/2026

Some traditions are better not ignored.

They say the Yule Cat comes out when the snow falls thickest, silent, patient, and hungry. It doesn’t chase. It doesn’t have to. It just waits, watching for anyone who was careless… or forgotten.

No new clothes. No protection.

And when the night gets quiet enough, it comes.

They say if you don’t get new clothes for Christmas, something is waiting in the snow…

There’s something unsettling about a predator in the cold. Everything feels muted except the threat.

I wanted this piece to feel like a story paused mid breath… right before you realize you’re being watched.