qiang-huang, a daily painter

  I have just come back from San Angelo TX participating the En Plein Air Texas painting competition. This event started on October 21 and e...

  I did this painting for my friend Susan. I used a photo she provided. I examined the photo and found the elements to make the painting wor...

  I live in a typical Texas subdivision. Every morning, I like to take a walk in the neighborhood. It happens it is the time when the light ...

 I did this small plein air painting a week ago. A week has passed without being noticed. It seems I  did a lot this week, but it also seems...

  I did many landscape paintings, but I have not put figures in them very often. Now I want to study more and make myself comfortable of usi...

 Painting figures has been my dream, and it is still my dream. I hope my life is long enough and this dream can be fulfilled. I am taking ba...

 Continuing the exploration of shape designs. painting looks realistic enough, but my attention was on the geometric shapes. I used to use a...

  I have just uploaded a new video on Youtube. It gives a comprehensive overview on how to use our Painter's Guide App. Two years have p...

 I am testing new ideas using geometric shapes to create a design. Although you may still recognize the scene as Tuscany rolling hills, but ...

  You probably already know that I have an app called the "Painter's Guide" running on my website to help artists paint better...

  Positive means bad, and negative means good. Isn't that ironic. Recently, I was tested positive for Covid 19. I have to cancel the rec...

  I just came back from Salt Lake City. The workshop went well. Here are all the demos I have done. I feel very grateful that I have the opp...

  I am teaching a still life painting at Salt Lake City, and this is my first demo. I hardly have any colored objects in the setup, so it is...

I usually do not paint tight paintings, and many people in my workshops expressed that they want to learn to be "painterly". Howev...

  Peace, Happiness, Love, and Beauty are the nature of our being. They can not be gained externally. They are always here. If you still look...

  "Silver Prismatics", 11" x 14". After exploring the unknown art world for a while, I came back to my comfort zone. I a...

  We planted an apple tree in our backyard about 15 years ago. For more than a decade, it did not bear any fruit. Finally, we saw a few appl...

  Now we have adapted to the new norm, and I will gradually resume my usual art activities. Before Covid, I had invited well known artists t...

  It is the last day of July today. I am so grateful that I have had a full month of painting time. It was so much fun to be lost in the wil...

I am still wandering in the Texas wilderness. With this painting I played the game of two light sources, one warm and one cool. Many people ...

 After I give up my identity, I feel I am lost in the woods. The senses of freedom and lack of security combined, my art path has led me to ...

 The purpose of this painting was for me to learn and practice on how to paint shrubbery and grass. I used to use random brush works to hide...

  I will teach a 3-day still life painting workshop at Salt Lake City, Utah from August 26 to August 28.  This workshop is almost full, but ...

  This is a painting I created recently. You might have noticed from my recent paintings that I have gradually lost my style and even identi...

  First time painting aspen. I have enjoyed it very much. The photo was taken last year in Utah. It was a cloudy day after a storm. The colo...

  Did another boat painting. The scene was at Lake Martin, Alabama. I did a plein air demo at the site. Now at home, I used a photo and did ...

  Painting a tree in detail is my first time. I usually paint trees as background to support a center of focus, but this time I just want to...

  Happy 4th of July to all of you. The month of July is the time of Plein Air Easton, which is the event marked the starting point of my ple...

 First time painting lotus leaves. The green is intense. I have to use Cad unfortunately. I have tried to tackle the color of green, but so ...

  As an artist living in Texas, I need to paint cactus. I was at San Angelo State Park in June last year. It was the season that cactus bloo...