qiang-huang, a daily painter

  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...

  I have tried the second time beginning a painting with a "Bloody Mary" wash. This time the process throwed me off completely.  I...