The Colorist

"I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man's," William Blake The Mind Map of The Colorist blog was posted a week a...

#1. New banner, gray with green. #2. New banner, brown with green. #3. New banner, green with orange. The time has arrived to replace my agi...

The Sunshine Award has cast light into my studio and my blog. Mary Anne Cary sent the award, and I want to thank her again. Alyson Stanfi...

Sometimes Weather 9" x 7" Pastel Casey Klahn

Artist Donna Zagotta, of Notes From the Studio, Donna Zagota's Art Blog , asked her readers to name their favorite art blogs so that she...

Mind Map of The Colorist Blog. Click on the image to read in a larger format. Cue the Twilight Zone Theme. We are going to mind map The C...

Variegated Tree @ 7" x 5" Pastel Casey Klahn

Last Year at the Festival Thanks to the following kind comment givers who wrote on my last post: Sam Hannaway Carole Buschmann Alison Strait...

Violet & Green Tree 5" x 4.5" Pastel Casey Klahn Here begins the Prairie Series . The ideas will be like the Rivers, but w...

Photo: Lorie Klahn Casey Klahn Because, once in a while, I have to post a photo that doesn't have red or orange added. Press Release . A...

After Wolf Kahn, #1 9.5" x 6" Pastel on Paper Casey Klahn "Painting is easy, till you know how." Edgar Degas. h/t Wolf ...

Intent, After Degas @ 7" x 5" Charcoal & Pastel Casey Klahn Degas Figures One way for me to become a better artist is to st...

Mary Cassatt, After Degas - detail @ 32" x 26" Charcoal Casey Klahn Time to review goals from the past bi-anum. I ...

Pinks & Greens 7.8" x 6" Pastel Casey Klahn Let's noodle around the net for a little on a Saturday morning. Very little...

Eddy Out River Graphite @ 5" x 7" Casey Klahn The sketch is a place to think through one's picture idea - the image you want ...

Master Copy @ 15" x 25" Conte, Compressed Charcoal, Pastel Casey Klahn This is a somewhat focused shot taken in my studio with my ...

Local Landscape in Mist Small Graphite on Sketch Paper Casey Klahn You are long overdue for a studio news report , and so today we'll...

Hut on the Heath 6" x 8" Pastel Casey Klahn Ponte Vecchio in the Snow 4"x 4" Graphite Casey Klahn Morning Buttress 4.5...

Do take the time to follow Susan Abbott's A Painter's Year . Usually in Vermont, this watercolorist is touring the Pacific Northwes...

Are you looking for a coherent philosophy of beauty as it relates to art? Roger Scruton has offered the series, Why Beauty Matters , throu...