It's not often I blow my own horn, but I feel like I've earned these bragging rights: my book cover series was 9 on the New York Times Best-Seller Series list!!!!

Think about how often you need to render dirt: forest floor, beach, ocean floor, gardens, race track, rocky shoreline... Here's a fast, easy way to paint - yes - dirt!

Very bizzy couple of weeks: last week I struggled with an illustration for days, while this project almost seemed effortless... Here's a great tip that can be applied to all sorts of repeating things.

Finally finished my Fish Queen! There were a few stumbles, lots of changes, and I tried a couple new techniques (some got tossed out). All good for improving my skills. By next week I'll probably see a dozen things I'd like to change.

Never be afraid to try dramatic changes...

Today was a play-day - just for me - my biggest goal for 2015. Here's the progress so far...

Here's a new piece I just finished. This time I experimented with a more painterly, less layers approach - MUCH less efficient for me.