Framing and matting guide. Presentation transforms watercolor paintings.

Commission process from reference photo to finished painting. Full transparency.

Annual gallery show prep. Selecting and pricing 30 pieces. The business side of art.

Plein air painting in Stanley Park. Nature doesn't wait for you to mix colors.

The creative block was real this month. Here's what got me through it.

Color mixing chart: Every combination from my limited palette documented.

Art supply haul from a Vancouver specialty store. Trying three new pigments.

Failed painting analysis. What went wrong and what I learned. Not everything is a masterpiece.

Wet-on-wet watercolor technique. Letting the pigment do what it wants. Pure magic.

Painting rain on glass. The hardest subject and the most rewarding to nail.