qiang-huang, a daily painter

  Another plein air painting during the Wayne competition. It was a beautiful morning and I liked the angle I painted the iconic Wayne Hotel...

  I am very happy to announce my art activities for the coming 2024. Now the pandemic is off the way, We have resumed our invited artists...

  At the recent Wayne Plein Air Competition, My painting "Afternoon at Androssan Farm" won the "Best Barns, Bridges & Bac...

  I will teach a studio landscape painting workshop in Salt Lake City in June. I will apply my recent gained knowledge of the science based ...

  This is a demo painting on the Dahlonega workshop. I like the combination of a well designed mechanical device and organic shapes. There i...

  Plein Air at Radnor train station. Painting a believable light and shadow relationship is the topic I am working on. Paint light-n-shadow ...

  It was a happy plein air day at the Chanticleer Garden. The temperature was just right. I was painting under the sun, but it is not too ho...

  I have been plein air painting a few days for the Wayne Plein Air Competition. I did 8 paintings so far. Today is the last painting day. I...

  I consider this the best painting I did during the Olmsted Invitational. After doing color research so long, I got really sensitive to the...

  I am very happy to announce that the master artist Hsin-Yao Tseng will come to Austin and teach a 4-day workshop on November 11 - 14, 2023...

  This is the demo I did for the Olmsted Plein Air Invitational. It was fun.

  Olmsted Plein Air Invitational ended today. I did well. I got one award, and sold a few paintings. I am tired and happy.

  This is another blue bonnet painting. I consider it is mediocre. I must admit that I have not generated much of good paintings lately. I k...

  I did a few plein air blue bonnet paintings. I tested my recent understanding of CYM limited palette, and it worked. I used quin red, hans...

  So far I have found at least 4 types of color mixing mechanisms:  1. Additive, which applies to mixing colored lights. Blue and yellow get...

  I will teach a still life painting workshop in Dahlonega, GA from 4/26 to 4/28. The week before this workshop I will attend the Olmsted Pl...

 I have posted a new video today to touch the foundation of our color understanding. Most of us have been taught that red, yellow, and blue ...

  I have attended a plein air event organized by the Plein Air Convention team at Eric Rhoads's property. I painted his backyard. I want...

  A few days ago I was interviewed by Peter Donahue, a very knowledgeable color expert and teacher. Peter teaches a science based color theo...

  In this green color study, I used sap green and quin magenta for the darks and sap green and permanent orange for the mid value. I really ...

  This painting was a plein air piece I did last year at the quick-paint competition of the Olmsted Plein Air Festival. I modified it recent...

  Two days ago, I posted my experimental result of RGB vs CYM limited palettes. Today I expanded my experiment including Zorn and RYB palett...

 To form a limited painting palette, we often use 3 primary colors. This experiment demonstrates the different mixing power of using RGB vs....

  My color research continues. Now I am working on mixing greens with blues and yellows. From our experiences, we all know blue mixed with y...

  I have planned a workshop at the Art Loft in Dahlonega, GA. It will be 3-day still life painting. If you are interested in learning my pai...

 This is my version of Higashiyama Kaii. I love the way he handles the green colors. Green is a very hard color. I have learned a lot by cop...

  I did this painting as a commission piece for a collector. I have used two ref photos for this project. The first photo gave me the perspe...

  My color mixing experiments continued. A couple of days ago, I posted my observation of mixing ultramarine blue with white (tinting). I ha...

  How to make art teaching more effectively is the topic I have been thinking constantly. Many people believe that you must be gifted to be ...

I did some color research lately. This video shows I mixed ultramarine blue and white together, and then analyzed this "tinting" p...