qiang-huang, a daily painter

Click Here for Purchase Info Louisville KY is my first US city when I came from China. That was 32 years ago. I was so happy visiting a...

When I was preparing for this workshop, I found that I was in short of canvases to use, and the time was not adequate to order more. So I...

This the second demo at Cary. It is a little more realistic. I used to do most of my still lives with cool light and ward shadow, but som...

Click Here for Purchase Info I am so happy going back to Cary NC. I want to thank JJ Jiang for organizing my workshop, and thanks to a...

I went San Antonio last Thursday and did  a plein air painting at Mission San Jose. It was a great exercise for warm light cool shadow. I...

Click Here to Bid I painted plein air in my backyard yesterday. The subject is a small house I built with my own hands not long ago....

Click Here for Purchase Info I have plein-aired a few days, but I have to come back to deal with my "priorities". There is no...

Click Here for Purchase Info Painting is always compromised to all other so called "important" priorities, such as doing t...

Click Here for Purchase Info The brass object was from Saudi Arabia. I like the structure on the upper part of the handle. I don't ...

Click Here for Purchase Info Huntsville Alabama is the place where I was educated in optics, which started my engineering career. Now I...

For this demo, I did a low key floral painting. I have not done this kind for a while. For the pink rose, the light part is just empty ca...

This is the second demo. What is that thingy in the right? I am not very sure. It could be an opium pipe. I saw so many antiques in Anita...

Dahlonega GA is a small town about 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. My workshop was in a studio called the Art Loft. I want to thank Anita ...

This is my last demo in Tucson. High key with flowers. So far I still feel I have not really got what I want. Well, I will keep trying.

I found this gismo by accident and fell in love with it. However, paint it as a demo right in front of students was a challenge. I love t...

I am so happy to let you know that Nancy Tankersley is coming back to Austin this November and teach a 4-day workshop on painting figure...

After I left Scottsdale, I arrived at Tucson immediately. I want to thank Linda Ahearn of the Toscana Studio and Gallery for organizing m...

This one is a little tighter than the previous demo. Painting the coffee grander and the copper tea pot was very enjoyable. Adding folds ...

I feel I am getting too loose now. This is my 3rd demo I did at the Scottsdale Artist School. I am still exploring my high key painting a...

I am very excited for this opportunity of going to Italy this summer. We have planed this wonderful trip to Fiesole and Florence from May...

This is the second demo. What is that blue thingy to the left of silver pot? It does not really matter.

I feel great and honored for teaching at the Scottsdale Artist School again. I have a relatively large class with 18 people from all over...

Click Here for Purchase Info Another plein air painting. I feel this one is not as good as the previous one, but I surely learned a lot...

Click Here for Purchase Info I am at Scottsdale taking a workshop from Mark Boedges. Mark is a fabulous landscape painter. I have learn...

I'll be at the Plein Air Convention in April in San Diego. If you are thinking of going, make sure to book today and save $400 off t...

Click Here to Bid This is interesting. My mind is telling me: "You thought you know how to do it. Guess what, you don't."...

Click Here to Bid Red rose is always difficult. So I don't paint this kind very often. It is hard to vary the value to make the red ...

Click Here to Bid So many artists want to paint looser. I do too. However, before you loos up, you must know how to make a tighter paint...

Click Here to Bid Observing my previous 5 rose studies, I have seen that the integrity of those flowers gradually fallen apart. I didn...

Click Here to Bid When I did this study the rose was completely back lit. So I was struggling to show the translucent light effect. Usi...