qiang-huang, a daily painter

  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...

  I am glad I have a few days between teaching, so I shifted to my study mode and tried something new. I have noticed so many artists start ...

  I am very excited to announce that Master artist Albert Handell will teach a 5-day workshop in Austin on January 21 to 25, 2025. Albert wi...

  I have just arrived home after a 47 days trip driving through 17 states in the south and east of US. I have had both good and bad days on ...

  This is the first painting I did during the Olmsted Invitational in Atlanta. Plein air painting means artists must face unexpected surpris...

  This is another demo I did in Jackson Mississippi. 

  I taught a workshop in Jackson MS recently. I want to thank Mary Alice Lee and Bob Tompkins for organizing this workshop. Thanks to all Mi...

  I am so happy to announce that Master artist Hsin-Yao Tseng will come to Austin again and teach a painting workshop in early December 2024...

  I am hosting an oil painting workshop for a Master artist Albert Handell in Austin, TX. Albert has done a wonderful demo today. I was amaz...

  I took Robert Moor's class at Scottsdale Artists' School. I have learned a lot. Mark making is so important to make a painting imp...

  I took a photo of an orange lit by a single light source, then measured 10 color samples from light to shadow using the "Color Analyz...

  The Master Artist Albert Handell will teach a 4-day oil painting workshop on March 19 - 22, 2024 near Austin, Texas. We still have a few o...

  Continuing on non-colored paintings. This time I worked on a floral project, cool light warm shadows. All those greys need to be harmoniou...

  Painting a landscape in a cloudy day, the sky light is pretty neutral (gray), but is the light warm or cool? To be honest with you, I was ...