qiang-huang, a daily painter

This painting was my second demo at the Magnolia workshop. You probably noticed I use more and more complete dark background recently. I go...

I just came back from Magnolia, TX teaching a workshop. It has been the third year I teach at ARLC . Ms. Marty Hatcher did a superb job or...

Click Here to Bid On Thursday morning, I joined the Plein Air Austin group and painted this beautiful church. It was so wonderful painting ...

Click Here to Bid I did this little plein air sketch this morning. This is an old log house located very close to where I live. Compared w...

Click Here to Bid I did this plein air painting the afternoon in the Texas Hill Country. I felt great painting outdoors, but the painting ...

Click Here to Bid This is another painting I did in the morning. We have this peach tree growing in our back yard. We didn't plant it. ...

I will teach a 3-day still life painting workshop at Magnolia TX (near Houston) from March 26 to March 28. We still have a few openings. If ...

Click Here to Bid I really can’t believe it. I did this painting on a Tuesday morning - a regular working weekday. About a month ago, I neg...

I am a little late on my blog posting. This is the second demo painting I did at Dallas. Now, it becomes a routine that I need to show how t...

This is my first demo at my workshop at Dallas. I want to thank Mrs. La Rue Hunter and ACA for putting this workshop together. I really en...

Click Here to Bid My wife, Song, had some leftover yellow daisies sitting in the corner of our kitchen after her ikebana meeting. I put t...

My second demo was to show how to paint roses. I made everybody very tense at the workshop. I was painting very slowly, making sure every s...

I have spent 3 wonderful days in Phoenix AZ, and had a really great time. Before this trip, I did not know that Phoenix and Scottsdale are ...

Click Here to Bid I interrupted my research on white colors and come back to my usual way of painting for my today's post. The R&D...

Click Here to Bid Another paintingless week has passed solidly. I finally got some time because today is a holiday. I am continuing my re...

Today is the Valentine's Day, and the Chinese New Year as well. I want to devote my today's post to my beloved wife. Song and I met...

Click Here to Bid Yes. It is the same white cup. As many of you following my blog, I consider myself a beginner painter. I need to learn a...

This is my second demo painting at Sacramento. Painting roses is rather tricky. You can't overwork on them. Make sure very brush stroke...

Painting by Zhaoming Wu When I was in California a couple of days ago, I visited my friend and teacher Zhaoming Wu. To many of you, Zhaomin...

Last weekend I taught a 3-day workshop at the Capital Art Center in Sacramento. I want really thank Patris Miller for organizing it. It wa...

Click Here to Bid I am on my way to Sacramento, CA to teach my first workshop of 2010. I usually I go to northern CA every spring attending...

Painting by Calvin Liang My experiences in painting have told me that having good art teachers is crucially important, especially for beginn...

Click Here to Bid I got so many feedbacks on my white cup painting. I wish I could reply all your kind emails and comments personally. Tha...

Click Here to Bid Painting color from a non-colored object has been a big challenge to me. I have tried and tried many times painting a wh...

Click Here to Bid Using temperature contrast to enhance the colors at the center of focus is an effective method to make the painting looks...

Click Here to Bid I love holidays. This long weekend makes it possible for me to paint daily. Many people asked me: how can you do so many ...

Click Here to Bid Another week without painting passed by solidly. I was rat racing in the labs in Texas and New Jersey. Perhaps my boss ha...

Click Here to Bid Can you believe it? I didn't get a chance to touch my brushes for an entire week. Art can be killed just like that. I...

Now the holiday season is over. I am back to my cubicle babbling technical jargons . This is the last painting I did from my holiday break...

Happy 2010! I opened my mailbox this morning and very excited to see a certificate from the Oil Painters of America. It is my OPA signatur...