qiang-huang, a daily painter

Upon workshop artists’ request, I did the third demo. The main object of this demo was a white sugar bowl with gilded gold lines. It was...

This is my second demo at my Sacramento workshop. I usually be conservative when I do demos. I don't want paint something I have not p...

Continuing my travel to the next station, I have arrived at Sacramento and started my workshop teaching at the Capital Art Center at S12. ...

This is the second 16" x 20" I did in Northern California. My friend Fongwei has many beautiful bronze props.  I enjoyed so much...

Master painter and illustrator Max Ginsburg will teach a workshop in Austin, TX on April 2 - 6.  My friend Danny Grant will be the organi...

Painting still life when moving constantly. It sounds really oxymoron. Well that is my life now, and it will be like this for a while pr...

I was so happy meeting so many young artists at the Putney Painters Show. The artists in this photo are all in their 20th, well except one...

I am sitting at Phoenix airport waiting for my flight to San Francisco. The three day excitement at Scottsdale has not subsided yet. I h...

Click Here to Bid This is a very quick plain air sketch I did when I was on the cruise ship to the Caribbean Sea. I have been watching t...

Click Here to Bid I use this painting to practice the variation of subtle gray colors. The vase and the mug are slightly different in ...

Click Here to Bid After several value study exercises, I carefully moving into the domain of color. My main goal is to understand gray. ...

This week I didn't paint much, but I did some research on my art. There is so much I don't know in painting, Instead of simply jus...

Click Here to Bid Coming back from Houston, I resume my small painting immediately. I know that is the only way I can improve myself in ...

I came back from Houston last night. This is my second demo at the workshop. This year, I have scheduled far more workshops than I did las...

After three days of rest, I am traveling again. I am at Houston now teaching a workshop at Houston Civic Art Association. I want to thank ...

Click Here to Bid Continuing on value design and fold study. I hardly use any white for painting the table cloth. The illumination of th...

Click Here to Bid For these a couple of months, life to me likes a bowl of Gumbo. There are too many flavors combined. Good and bad thin...

Happy New Year! We just arrived back to Austin. It feels so good to be home. I considered to post some photos on the cruise ship, but th...

We are in New Orleans right now. We will be on a cruise to Honduras I guess. I am not sure if I can access the Internet on the boat. If I ...

These several days I felt my brain has been short of lubricants. It didn't run fast enough to catch up what I need to do and think abo...

Click Here to Bid This is another small painting I did in Beijing. I haven't resume painting in my studio yet. It is my technical wo...

Click Here to Bid I am so happy coming back. Now I am able to post on my blog myself. Thank you Eric (my brother in Canada) for helping ...

I am in the US now, but LAX didn’t say “welcome back home” nicely to me. Even I had close to two hours transfer time between flights but...

One month has passed so quickly. Tomorrow I will be on my way back to the US. Even I am still here, I have already started to miss this p...

My mother is in better health than my father. We went out shopping together several times. I took this photo when we went to get dumpling ...

I am so happy I had the opportunity to continue my art in my hometown. After my two portrait demoes, I did a one day still life painting w...

I went out with my mother doing some grocery shopping. This photo is showing she was talking with a vegetable vendor on the street. Most o...

I was born in Beijing, not far from this white pagoda. I had many childhood memories around this area. Today I went the place I was born. ...

In the morning I went out search for an exotic breakfast. This scene got my attention. So  many people in Beijing make their living this w...

I went to the Yin Yang again and did the second Demo. Next Thursday I will give a one-day still life painting workshop at this location. I...