Gabe Brown is a New York painter and educator whom I encountered on the brilliant…
Leilani NormanJuly 8, 2021
I learned somewhere that the invention of the ferrule, the metal part of the paintbrush…
Leilani NormanDecember 25, 2020
The Rules One of the advantages of working on larger canvases is the opportunity to…
Leilani NormanDecember 23, 2020
Alma Thomas, Red Sunset, Old Pond Concerto, 1972, acrylic on canvas, 68 1⁄2 x 52 1⁄4 in. (175.0 x 134.5 cm.) Alma Thomas created the…
Leilani NormanOctober 11, 2020
I started a new painting on canvas the other day. Because I wanted rich colors…
Leilani NormanJune 24, 2020
Gamboge is the color described on pages 80-81 of Kassia St. Clair’s wonderful book, “The…
Leilani NormanJune 22, 2020
I was incredibly lucky to have found my art studio. It’s located in an historic…
Leilani NormanJune 4, 2020
Pretty Patterns I am teaching myself how to paint with gouache, a type of watercolor.…
Leilani NormanJune 4, 2020