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One of the requirements of being an Art Instructor, is that you must possess enough confidence to create art in front of a learning audience… and hope to everything you don’t mess up. Fortunately for me, performance has never been an issue, my years as a chalk artist should have proven that. Most demos are…

The video is 20 minutes long, so it’s perfect if you are looking for something to listen to as you do chores. Or you can follow along and enjoy the presentation. Regardless, I aim to entertain, and this true story is hard to believe it actually happened. Yet, it did, and here I am, having…

New Art! This is titled “Rooms.” It is the first, okay maybe second, real finished piece since my liver transplant.  It was post liver transplant. I was at home, a fraction of my original self, starting on the long journey toward recovery. Up until this point, I had not created any meaningful art since before the transplant. The heavy anesthetics…

Sooo… I haven’t sent one of these e-zines out in a while. Some of you follow me on Facebook. For those who do not, below is a very brief description of what transpired since November of last year. As you know, the auto-immune disease I was born with had wreaked so much havoc on my…

We’re please to announce the newest completed illustrated masterpiece by Benjamin Hummel . For those familiar with the works of CS Lewis, you might recognize the narrative in this painting. It does indeed come from “The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe,” and features the three protagonists of Lucy, Aslan, and Susan, after Aslan’s resurrection.…

A few years back, we inherited over 100 puppets from my mother’s puppet business. We sold and gave away many, but we still have plenty of used, slightly used, collectible, and new puppets that we simply need to clear out of our art studio. (Having puppet eyes stare at me while I paint at 2…