qiang-huang, a daily painter

 I am all over the place. A couple of days ago, I was into monochrome. Now I am with the high chroma colors to depict the feeling of light. ...

  I was having lunch with an artist friend yesterday. He asked me: "You have done so much research about color, but how come you paint ...

  I really enjoyed my quiet time. By alternating painting and researching, I let my heart to decide what I do. I did this one a few days ago...

  June is the month I plan the events for the coming year 2026. I feel the time goes by much faster now than a few years ago. As usual, I wi...

  Keep on posting my Wayne paintings. This plein air piece was done at Chanticleer, an astonishingly beautiful garden in Wayne. When I got t...

  During my quiet time at home, I decided to go back to the drawing board, literally. I like the drawings by Yao Zhi. This is my study of hi...

  I have got some quiet time at home, and want to paint a few large ones. Getting a period of time for self use is really a blessing. It rar...

  Continue posting my Wayne paintings. I did not have a good starting that day. I thought I had a good idea for my first painting, but it di...

  I have got quite a few comments mentioning that I have taught painting workshops in many places, but I have not offered one in Austin ,whe...

  This is my second plein air painting at Wayne.

  I have participated the 17th Wayne Plein Air Festival from May 4 to May 11. I have decided only painting floral subjects this time. I want...

  I have not painted plein air for a while, and soon I will participate a plein air competition. So I did this one in my backyard to warm up...

  I just love Richard Schmid paintings. I don't think my life time is long enough for me to learn from him. Copying his work is one of t...

 I will teach a 4-day Flowers and Still Lives Painting workshop in Landgrove, VT. We still have a few openings. If you want to learn my pain...

  This is my 4th demo on the workshop at Scottsdale Artists School. The students liked my high key painting better. Low key lets the value t...

 I am cordially inviting you to join us to this one of a kind of touring and painting trip this September. We are organizing a 15 days paint...

  My 3rd demo at SAS last month was a floral painting. I hope you like it.

  We have been developing computer apps for helping artists to paint better. So far I have used my website as a carrier so artists can use t...

  Demo 2 at SAS was emphasized on value. The chromatic effects got minimized. If you can manage the value right, you are not far from succes...

  I have taught a workshop at Scottsdale Artists School about a week ago. Thanks to all the artists coming from all over for attending my cl...

  Recently, I organized a painting workshop for the master artist Albert Handell, and I did this one on his class. I am still in the mood of...

  I am painting a scene of Pingyao, an ancient city in Shanxi province, China. This coming September I will stay at this place and do plein ...

  I have just upgraded the "Painter's Guide" app. The major change is the data display dashboard. I have added a new color par...

  Although we still say "Happy New Year" to greet each other, 2025 has already passed its first week mark. I am getting so busy al...

  Continued working on this painting. Concentrated still on the accuracy of the greys. Measured and compared numerically. This is rather an ...

  I am very excited to let you know that I have just planned a "Painting in China" trip for the coming 2025.  It is called "P...

  This one took me a long time. On the foundation of the previous painting, I have learned that transparent oxide red by itself will not giv...

  I copied a painting of an infamous artist to practice my color temperature control. The warm and cool were varied by mixing proportionally...

  Happy Holidays my artist friends. I can't believe that 2024 is almost over. I have been enjoying my holidays. Relatively quiet, I have...

  As usual at this holiday season, I have made a desk calendar for the coming new year 2025. Sorry to said I am a little late this year to a...