Its Cold Outside. Toddler T-Shirt

I started this piece the way I usually do. I drove around till I saw a scene I liked. I sat in my van and drew this from life in ink. I painted in opaque watercolors which is a slightly different medium for me. I usually paint with transparent watercolors. The opaque paint made me paint in a slightly different manner...a little thicker. I find it helpful in transition from watercolor to acrylics or oils.

Arthur Barnes is a artist who works in a variety of mediums including ink, watercolor, pastels and oils. He prefers to work directly from life and his favorite subjects are landscapes with an emphasis on nocturnes and scenes of the Erie Canal. Arthur has had little formal training but was fortunate to study a year under Juanita Greene Parks in 1982. She had studied under Reginald Marsh and Robert Brackman. Brackman was a student of Ashcan artist/ teacher Robert Henri. Since that time, Arthur has been on a consistent course of self-training in art with an emphasis on learning through experience much like the Ashcan artists. "You learn to draw. . .by drawing," his teacher often recited. Artists Statement on Nocturnes "Half of our...