qiang-huang, a daily painter

Finding the true Utopia has been a constant dream for me. So I plan to go to Shangri-La this coming September. Now I want to officially an...

Click Here to Purchase My third demo: painting flowers. I have got more and more abstract nowadays, some time even chaotic. This paintin...

This is the second demo at LAAFA. Apples are my favorite still life objects. This painting is predominately warm. So the green apple stand...

LAAFA (Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art) is a wonderful school provides rigorous training of the academic way of drawing, painting, ...

Click Here to Bid I did this plein air painting this morning. The spring in Texas is spectacular and the colors are so fresh. I enjoyed ...

Click Here to Bid I am continuing on the research of the monochromatic paintings. I started to consider to remove the transparent oxide ...

I have started another large painting. When I was at Xidi last September, I saw so many artists plein air painting all over the place. I ...

I used this ref photo the second time. Xidi village is the place that keeps coming back in my dreams. This morning I painted this Xidi do...

Mark Boedges is the artist I started to follow very recently. I met him at the Scottsdale Artists' School last month and saw his pain...

Click Here to Bid This morning I joined a group of local artists, painted plein air at the French legation Museum at the downtown Austin...

Click Here to Bid I have been back to Austin for a few days now, and this is what I did today. Somehow every time I am back home, it is ...

The flower demo was on the last day of the workshop. I saw a bouquet of white roses casually set in an empty can. I move it to my still...

At 1:00 PM EST on Thursday March 3,  I will be interviewed by Leslie Saeta and Dottie Leatherwood of the Blog Talk Radio "Artists He...

This is the second demo I did on my Sedona workshop. The setup was typical, but I started to see something new: the game of warm/cool colo...

I had a few days that I could not get decent internet connection, so I was not able to post my paintings up to date. After teaching at Sc...

For the 4th demo, I asked everybody: "What do you want me to paint?" The silver is most people wanted. So I formed this composi...

The third demo. The rose demo. Mid key. Slow down. Concentrate.  Think more, and paint less. Hope you like it. Forgive my broken English.

My second demo is showing my approach to paint metal and glass. I like to use dark background and keep the edge of the metal object soft.

This week, I wear my teacher hat again, and this is my first demo. I have seen some influence from what I have learned last week. I want ...

Now this is the last (No. 5) painting I did on Derek's workshop. I used my own ref. photo this time. You probably have seen my other ...

This is my 4th painting on Derek Penix's workshop. It is the best one I did during his class I think. Trees are not my cup of coffee ...

I did this painting yesterday on Derek's workshop. I started to practice the Impressionistic way of using colors. Since boats have mo...

The winter is coming to the end. I am looking forward to the beautiful spring time and visiting beautiful places. It will be my first ti...

This is my very first seascape painting. I am not particularly like it, but here it is: a milestone for me.

Click Here to Purchase I felt so great to be a student again. For quite a few years I have not taken any workshops from other artists. I...

Click Here to Bid I did this small plein air study a week ago. That day my wife Song went the Anderson Mill Garden Club for quilting. I ...

I am so excited to be an official faculty member of the 2016 Plein Air Convention & Expo - #PACE16 in Tucson April 15-19. This is the...

Click Here to Bid I have been painting at the same place again and again. I don't know why I am doing this exactly. It maybe because...

Click Here to Bid Another plein air at the same park, but at a different location. The new limited palette works very well. The painting...

Click Here to Bid I went to the same place again, and did my third plein air. I feel I really need to do several paintings at the same ...