he thing with all plans is that you have to prepare for the unexpected, and you have to be ready to adapt. This lesson continues the discussion of the “light-to-dark method,” with some recommended actions and some things to be wary of. The basic fact: […]

We usually think of “texture” as a device to explain the surface qualities of the forms and planes in our painting. But texture can play an important part in composition, in various ways. “Black Willow,” (above: watercolor on rag drawing paper, 22” X 30”) is […]

    Thank you for coming to see this new work! The winter images…all except “Pennsylvania Morning”… were done, or at least photographed, within a few steps of our studio…either from the studio looking west, or from the kitchen door, looking south down along Fino’s […]

”After Winter: Bill Teitsworth at Marquis Art.” Friday, April 6th, 6-9 PM (First Friday) Solo exhibition. Free and open to the public. 515 Center Street, Scranton, PA. Center Street is a small cross-street (alley) between Adams Avenue and Washington Avenue. First block of Adams, opposite […]

“Art Night at the Everhart: The Big Brush Exercise.” Thursday, March 29th, 6-7:15 PM: Watercolor demonstration and discussion (Q & A) on a favorite exercise…the most effective skill-builder, mind-expander, and idea-starter I know. Fee for this demo is whatever the Museum drop-in rate is for […]

I remember the day I painted the black-and-white sketch above: I had just come away from the Everhart Museum, where I had been seeing the big retrospective of John Willard Raught’s lovely regional landscapes. I was stopped in traffic on Harrison Avenue, and saw this […]

My work generally alternates between two “modes”…”study mode” and “production mode.” The same is true for a lot of artists, I think, and is the reason we force ourselves to seek out and accept exhibition opportunities—we need the pressure of a deadline to get us […]

Inhabiting the studio after our student painters left this evening, and listening to my new favorite alto player, David Sanborn…”Hearsay.” And John McLaughlin with the Joe Farrell Quartet…Farrell, Chick Corea, Dave Holland, and Jack de Johnette…”Follow Your Heart.” My contribution: “24 Narcissus,” watercolor on Strathmore […]