#Painting

Birth of a Wave

A step by step demonstration of how I draw an ocean wave, capturing the color, transparency, motion and wetness using pastel.

History is on my side

I have the good fortune to live an easy driving distance from quite a few excellent art museums. I am not one to attend every museum or...

How does a painting evolve?

Just as in music, all the 'notes' must come together for a successful painting. Follow along in the evolution of a pastel painting f

What, oh what, is the YUK stage?

Hopefully that title has you just a bit curious! As some of you might know, I spent 34 years teaching art to very talented high school...

What the heck is gouache??

I get asked this question EVERY time I exhibit a gouache painting...

What does it mean?

Having worked in realism for the majority of my adult artistic life, my foray into abstraction for about a year and a half surprised not...

Susan Klinger