For a long time I have been pondering the idea of teaching about color in a practical way. Students tell me they have been asked to make colors wheels before, yet they have no idea of how to use them. Others wish there was a way of making color decisions that was simpler than poring through countless books. For …

I completed this one last week, on a very warm day. Nantucket is a restaurant under the bridges that cross the Carquinez Strait. I met an engine repair man (his name was David) who kindly got me a styrofoam plate as it became apparent that I had forgotten my palette.

Meet Lorraine Olsen, actor and author of Figuratively Speaking, an award winning play that premiered here in the Bay Area to sold-out audiences and that made it all the way to off-Broadway. In the play, her character is a an artist’s model. Lorraine drew from material inspired by her eight years as a professional model. I haven’t yet seen …