qiang-huang, a daily painter

I have been working on this painting whole day yesterday. It wasn't as smooth as the first day. I spent many hours on the leg in the f...

Click Here to Bid Seeing so many figures and portraits I did at AAU, I don't know if you miss my small daily still lives. But I do. ...

Today is Wednesday, and I don't have any class. I went to the studio anyway because I have homework to do. For the figure painting cla...

Today is the figure painting day. We started a new painting. Since the failure of my previous figure work, I was a little apprehensive at ...

I have placed my 2013 workshop schedule on my website today. On my blog, there will be a button that is linked to my workshop schedule pa...

This is my first weekend at AAU. My friend Fongwei Liu took me out the student dorm. I will spent a couple of days in his place. It happen...

I have spent about 6 more hours on this painting. It was a real struggle for me. I felt I was beating a dead horse. The painting did not...

Click Here to Bid Today I don't have class at AAU, but I went to the studio anyway.  I did this small daily from a photo. If you fol...

My AAU journey started yesterday. Zhaoming did a portrait demo in the morning and student painted in the afternoon. I did not paint becaus...

I have mentioned a couple of days ago, I will start a new endeavor.  Now, it is the time to let the cat out of the bag.  Starting on Mon...

Click Here to Bid It has been years in the spring time, I saw these beautiful yellow flowers smiling at me when I drove passing by. I ...

Now this painting is done. According to your feedbacks I worked on the hand a little more. I kept the background very abstract so the uppe...

I want thank all of you who have commented on my yesterday's post. I love the synergy and felt so fortunate to have it. It is a good ...

The second day of the painting, I have entered the modeling stage. I used the photos I took as references. This image is a partial shot of...

Starting from today, I am going to share with you the development of one figure painting. I am not sure how many days I will spend on it. ...

I did this painting for Song. To be honest with you, I really don't know the artist Jack Vettriano until a couple of minutes ago when ...

Click Here to Bid I am continuing on my journey of figurative painting. Different from my previous figure painting, I used opaque backgr...

Click Here to Bid I almost forget that I am still a still life painter. I hope my figurative work and my still life painting can enhance...

Click Here to Bid This painting starts my second week of figurative work. I have strongly experienced how much my subjective mind interf...

Click Here to Bid This painting was done half way from life, and half way from a photo. I went to Austin Visual Art Association yester...

Click Here to Bid Keep doing more narrative figurative work. I really enjoy my recent momentum in painting. I feel enthusiastic and conc...

I did this head study last night with the Bee Cave Painters in south Austin. The organizer of this group is Eric Rhoads. Eric is well know...

Click Here to Bid Now I feel more comfortable with my accuracy of capturing the figure. So today I worked more on modeling. I am relat...

Click Here to Bid This is my second small figurative painting. I am still working on the fundamental work, which is the accuracy of the ...

Click Here to Bid I am entering a new genre: narrative figurative. It is much harder than still life paintings. To paint human form accu...

After seeing Fongwei off, I started my technical consulting week. My mode has been shifted to mathematics, but I still try my best to find...

After all artists started painting on the third day of Fongwei's workshop, I set up my easel at a spot nobody chosen. It was a very ch...

On the second day of Fongwei's workshop, one of the models didn't show up. So my son Jonathan came and modeled for the class. I di...

My friend Fongwei Liu came from California. He is teaching a figure workshop here in Austin. Song and I are busy assisting him taking car...

I did this 9" x 12" today. I am still in middle of a big effort of organizing my life. So my painting is in a not very consisten...