qiang-huang, a daily painter

 I will teach a 4-day Flowers and Still Lives Painting workshop in Landgrove, VT. We still have a few openings. If you want to learn my pain...

  This is my 4th demo on the workshop at Scottsdale Artists School. The students liked my high key painting better. Low key lets the value t...

 I am cordially inviting you to join us to this one of a kind of touring and painting trip this September. We are organizing a 15 days paint...

  My 3rd demo at SAS last month was a floral painting. I hope you like it.

  We have been developing computer apps for helping artists to paint better. So far I have used my website as a carrier so artists can use t...

  Demo 2 at SAS was emphasized on value. The chromatic effects got minimized. If you can manage the value right, you are not far from succes...

  I have taught a workshop at Scottsdale Artists School about a week ago. Thanks to all the artists coming from all over for attending my cl...

  Recently, I organized a painting workshop for the master artist Albert Handell, and I did this one on his class. I am still in the mood of...

  I am painting a scene of Pingyao, an ancient city in Shanxi province, China. This coming September I will stay at this place and do plein ...

  I have just upgraded the "Painter's Guide" app. The major change is the data display dashboard. I have added a new color par...

  Although we still say "Happy New Year" to greet each other, 2025 has already passed its first week mark. I am getting so busy al...

  Continued working on this painting. Concentrated still on the accuracy of the greys. Measured and compared numerically. This is rather an ...

  I am very excited to let you know that I have just planned a "Painting in China" trip for the coming 2025.  It is called "P...

  This one took me a long time. On the foundation of the previous painting, I have learned that transparent oxide red by itself will not giv...

  I copied a painting of an infamous artist to practice my color temperature control. The warm and cool were varied by mixing proportionally...

  Happy Holidays my artist friends. I can't believe that 2024 is almost over. I have been enjoying my holidays. Relatively quiet, I have...

  As usual at this holiday season, I have made a desk calendar for the coming new year 2025. Sorry to said I am a little late this year to a...

  From October 27 to November 3, I was in Sicily, Italy. A group of artists from many countries got together at the remarkable Salinara. We ...

  Our Sicily painting retreat was a fabulous success. A group of friends have had a fantastic time on the beautiful island. I am back to the...

  I used this small study to test my limited color palette for travel. I have talked before that you can get 90% colors "correct" ...

  This is the second painting I did in Beijing, China. It was so nostalgic when I strolled down the Hutong (alley ways) districts in old Bei...

  I am painting in Beijing. 

  I’ve been delving into color research for a while, and now I’m exploring textures and mark-making. Many contemporary and abstract artists ...

  The Fall Show at the InSight Gallery (Fredericksburg Texas) is coming up. I have sent this one in. Painting waterlilies is enjoyable. I ha...

  "Waterlilies in San Angelo", 30" x 20". This is another commissioned work. You know I enjoy painting waterlilies, beca...

  Painting large is a big challenge to me. This one is 28" x 60". The composition was based on a 12" x 24" plein air pai...

  Painting a still life is relatively easy, but making a still life painting interesting is not. The setup for this still life is so simple,...

  I am so happy to announce that master artist Derek Penix will come back to Austin and teach a 3-day workshop on February 21 - 23, 2025. De...

 I taught a still life painting workshop in Vermont recently. This was one of my demos. I am glad that my understanding the behaviors of col...

  Many artists (beginner and advanced) can not see color temperature. I want to introduce a filter you may apply it on your reference photos...