Work and Toil

by admin | Aug 21, 2012 | Historical Sites, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air

More plein air paintings with a painting knife of Ohio Valley Farms Work and Toil, 9 x 12 inches, oil on panel painted with M. Graham paints and Walnut oil and painting knife. Purchase paintings here Information on Workshops & Locations © 2012 Daryl...

An eye opening experience – Ohio

by admin | Aug 15, 2012 | concepts in painting, Oil Paintings for Sale, plein air

Coming home from my National Tour and being able to paint plein air in the countryside of Harrison, Ohio has been an eye opening experience. Not sure if it was because of traveling and seeing all the different color pallets that happen around the country since...

Burn the learning exercises or dud paintings

by admin | Aug 13, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education

In my workshops it seems like almost a regular part of my artistic talk, or philosophy as one commented, is that when we learn we do not need to put undo pressure on ourselves. What I mean is, we don’t have to be perfect and we don’t need to necessarily get a painting...

Young Painters – Young Picasso’s – Big concepts

by admin | Aug 6, 2012 | concepts in painting, Education, plein air

I was asked back a second year to the Woman’s Art Club in Mariemont, Ohio to Instruct the Young Picasso’s Class I had designed for children. What an exciting class. The Young Picasso’s or painters had so much enthusiasm, concentration and thirst for more knowledge in...

Seeing color and developing your artistic eyes

by admin | Aug 3, 2012 | concepts in painting, plein air

Well I was very wrong about Ohio color. It took me to traveling the United States on my American Workshop Tour to see the colors I have back home. I tell my students this all the time, when we start to see, and develop our artistic eyes, it does not just happen. We...