qiang-huang, a daily painter

This is my quick draw painting at PAE. It earned me the 3rd place award. It seems I felt the energy of photons bombarded on the morning flow...

  This is another plein air painting I did at PAE. 

  Plein air Easton has just ended. This is one of paintings I did. Painting in the rain was fun.

  The last demo on my SLC workshop. Again, I had a quite amount of touch-ups on it. I have painted this painting before, a few times, but I ...

  I will teach a 3-day figurative painting workshop at the Fine Art Museum of Huntsville, Alabama. I will share with you my approaches to su...

  The 2nd demo at SLC. I have worked more on it. I only have about 2 hours of demo time each day on a workshop. It is rather difficult to ta...

  I just came back from teaching a workshop at Salt Lake City. This was my 1st demo. I have touched up some today to bring the demo painting...

  In painting, color temperature is such an ambiguous concept. For example: orange vs yellow, which one is warmer? Ultramarine vs phthalo bl...

  I have participated a plein air paint out last Sunday near Johnson City, Texas. It was a hot day (98F). I have learned from this painting ...

  This a small plein air study I did when was at Wayne PA. As a personal growth in painting, I have realized two major changes are happening...

  "Color of Colorless" is a small study I did today. I put a white cube on a white board to make sure no local color got involved....

  I am very happy to announce that Derek Penix will come back to Austin and teach a 3-day painting workshop on February 23 - 25, 2024. Derek...

  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...