These are my palette boxes of various gouache.  Of all the gouache brands that I have tried, Schmincke gouache I like the best.  It does wh...

Cleaning out my studio has been interesting.  I keep on finding stuff that I could use or re-purpose.  This 3" Round Altoids container...

  It was a beautiful warm day in Numana, Italy.  I was looking down below to the wonderful color of the ocean and the blue sky.     ...

    Last year at this time I was in Fabriano and Florence, Italy.  Today I decided to paint from one of my photo's that I took in G...

  Saw this guy sitting in the middle of the street today on my way to my chiropractor.   Lucky for him that we live in a gated community,...

  Cockatoo's are beautiful and come in many colors.        

I've been cleaning out my studio and have been going through all my tubes of watercolor paint.  I was amazed at all the tubes I have; s...

  As I slow re-organize my studio I've been coming across unfinished paintings.  Before I added the flowers, the background had alrea...

Today worked on a painting using kids watercolors.  All I need to do is add a greeting.    

Today I made bread.  It was so beautiful that I couldn't resist taking a picture of it.    I bought my bread machine when they firs...

This elephant was painted with gouache on toned paper.    

This originally was suppose to be done on toned paper using gouache, but after sketching the elephant and laying down the gouache, I realiz...

  I seem to be on a roll with gouache and toned paper.  Painting the last few days has been a joy.  

I'm really enjoying working with Schmincke gouache and toned paper.     

  Gouache painting on toned paper.  I really like using gouache and toned paper together.    

  I like dining at restaurants that have out door seating.  That being said, living in the high desert there is only a small window of op...

  Sometimes I find the unexpected...like a field of flowers.  

  What can I say...I love dogs, especially brown dogs with long hair. I especially like them when they prance down the street with their ...

  I've been using this mix media paper for my watercolors.  I've finding that I have to push and pull the paper to get my glazes ...

  Today was a day to just drop paint and knowing when to call a painting finished!  Sometimes the paintings that appear to be easy to pai...