The Artwork of Stephanie Spangler

This month I kept busy doing the annual Gouachetober challenge. You can check it out on my Instagram page here. For those of you who...

Today I had the opportunity to participate in the VAWAA Online Series: Palettes of the Masters with artist Clarissa Shanahan where we did...

I've been incommunicado for a while because of all the craziness surrounding Christmas. On top of the usual flurry of festivities...

Recently I signed up for another workshop at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. This one was a painting knife class. For those of...

If you've ever painted anything from a reference photo or from real life you may have experienced what I am going through right now. ...

Not long ago I posted about taking a class in painting with gouache, an opaque watercolor, at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine arts. You...

Today was the second day of my gouache class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Because the weather wasn't as...

Today I spent the day in Philadelphia taking a class at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, learning how to use a type of paint called...

Well, sometimes things work out exactly the way you planned them and other times... not so much. Art can be a lot of trial and error...

Santa has come and gone this Christmas but he left quite a generous haul! Among the goodies I got was a set of brushes, a set of gouache...

Well, it took me most of the summer, but I've finally finished my latest "stained glass" window painting: Hollyhock Window. If this...

Well, here we are at the end of the challenge and while I enjoyed it... I am glad it's come to a close. Some days it's been flat out...

Today's challenge was broad strokes but I took the opportunity to complete the challenge I missed early on and do my self portrait as...

Since today's theme was 'splash of color' and because Easter is right around the corner I pulled out some plastic Easter eggs and nestled...

It's rather fortunate that today's challenge is architecture because I recently received a commission from a friend to paint her house...

Tonight, Stephanie Spangler presents... a celebrity who died before 1980 (and three objects that could be associated with him/her). ...

Today I went back to something I enjoy painting the most - stained glass. And because today's challenge was 'up close,' I chose to paint...

Today's theme was: orange. And in trying to learn from my overly ambitious project yesterday I chose to follow the old KISS formula -...

Today's challenge was: fluffy. I rummaged through my old stuff and found a rabbit from when I was a kid. I sort of regret choosing a...

So today was supposed to be my "catch up" day. I was going to do my 'creative self-portrait' and my 'nature' entries today, but... that...