My Art Journey- by Colleen Parker

It has been a long time since my last post, about 3 years. I have missed it but at some point I found that I had said all I had to say for t...

I thought I would start 2021 (though I'm a bit late!) with some funny images I have collected over the past couple of years.  I posted a...

I constantly disappoint myself by trying to exactly match a color in a plein air scene or photograph.  Nature is mostly made up of grays,...

In 2016 I wrote a post about my plein air setup- easel, backpack and all the accessories. What's in the Backpack I used this setup fo...

I treat my art as a business, so I keep records of my expenses and sales.  Frames represent about 50% of my yearly expenses.  This has been ...

I have posted some fixer uppers before but please indulge me.  I love looking at paintings that have been sitting around for months or years...

I have talked about plein air paintings many times.  They can serve as finished pieces to frame and sell if they are successful, and they ar...