qiang-huang, a daily painter

Time flies! One and half week from now, I will end my AAU journey for this summer. For the Figure class, I need to do my final project. Th...

The second day on this major painting project, I started modeling the figure. I tried my best not to get trapped in details so I have the ...

I am back to SF this morning around 1:00 AM. After a short sleep I went to my figure class. I started a new painting. This one is 30"...

This is my second demo painting. Painting flowers is my main scheme for this demo, but I really like the rusty pot I did. Newport is very ...

Yesterday I have arrived at the beautiful Newport, Rhode Island, and I have started my second workshop in New England this morning. The wo...

I did an additional demo to the workshop today. Upon request, I did this portrait from a photo I took a while ago in Austin. I don't h...

This is the second demo I did. It is the first time I painted gold. I consider to name this painting "Gold and Time". I am reall...

My life is so dramatic. I was just settled at the coast of the Pacific, but now I at coast of Atlantic. Today is the first day of teaching...

Shhhhhhhh! Please do not tell Zhaoming and AAU that I am running away from school. In a couple of hours I will be on the plane to the east...

On the third day of this figure painting, I worked on the edges and color. Zhaoming talked about skin tones. If you want to make her compl...

Click Here to Bid After I finished my figure homework yesterday, I still have some time. So I did this small still life. Oh boy! from a ...

This is the 5th day I have worked on this 24" x 36". I got pretty sick of it now. My hand and mind are all being tied up. The pr...

Today, I worked on this figure painting from life. It is the second day on this one. I don't have enough experience of doing a paintin...

I did this head study from a photo I took today. Quite a few friends commented that I should talk more detail what I have learned at AAU...

Today, I have started a new figure painting. It will take 3 days to finish. This image shows what I got so far. The color of painting beco...

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. ...