THE Late Night Painter

A blog about making and teaching art.

Maybe it’s because I’m left-handed, but I crave time in the right brain.

The Deep Ocean of the Right Brain

September 13, 2024

Maybe it’s because I’m left-handed, but I crave time in the right brain.

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The Right Equipment

The Right Equipment

To avoid disappointment at the end, I have learned to plan ahead and get the right equipment.

January 1, 2024

Wet-into-Wet Watercolor Technique

Wet-into-Wet Watercolor Technique

Wet-into-wet watercolor technique for painting clouds that dissolve.

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February 10, 2023

Sparkling Light

For an outdoor view, the light in the scene is paramount.

On Experience

Is it worth attempting an art career if the chance of success is slim? ...

Lake Michigan

The first time I went to visit Lake Michigan, I expected a large lake that I could see across...

October 7, 2021

Victorian Sublime

How distortion created a stunning composition...

By teaching, we learn.

After leading guided drawings for several years, mysteriously, my own drawing improved...

November 15, 2020

The Magic of Teaching Art on Zoom

I have been incredibly touched by how hard the kids work to follow my guided drawings on zoom...

The Knowledge of Good and Evil: Teaching Art to Pre-Teens

Somewhere in the years between 10 and 12, children develop a self-awareness of their status in the world...

December 9, 2019

Artists, Children, and Computers

The children in school's today have never heard the word "browser. For them, the browser is the computer...

August 29, 2019

The Slow Process of Mastery

Letting go of the worry turns out to be a key step in the artist’s journey to mastery.

Art is Math, Baby.

Unexpectedly, while teaching art in elementary school, I experienced the strong connection between art and mathematics.

Sherrod painting.

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