Bohan Art Newsletter Hello! I hope you had a great summer and are enjoying a positive transition into fall. It was back to college this week for half of our household. Recent Paintings One wader, two shorebirds and a fascinating fly: here are close-ups and links to my latest watercolors and their corresponding videos. ✦ Brown Mantidfly ✦ Black-crowned Night Heron ✦ Winter-plumed Long-billed Dowitcher ✦ Stretching Wilson’s Snipe Interested in buying, commissioning or licensing my work? Contact...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Bohan Art Newsletter Hello! I hope your summer has gotten off to a great start. In what will probably be an annual tradition, I skipped the May newsletter to focus on birding. So, in addition to my recent paintings, I've included some photos below from my birding adventures. Recent Paintings Here are close-ups of and links to my latest watercolors and their corresponding videos. ✦ Black-throated Green Warbler ✦ Common Gallinule ✦ Common Yellowthroat Warbler ✦ Female Northern Cardinal...
7 months ago • 1 min read
Bohan Art Newsletter Hello again! You might have noticed that I skipped a couple of months. My goal is to send a newsletter out each month, but I recognize that life—and birding—will sometimes get in the way. This break in the routine was due to a bit of both, some of which you can see in the photos below. I recently had the pleasure of taking a photo trip to central Florida with my brother Ted, an incredible photographer who generously loaned me a lot of gear for the adventure. As a longtime...
9 months ago • 2 min read
Bohan Art Newsletter Hello and Happy New Year! I hope your 2025 has gotten off to a great start. In this issue, I've included your new freebie, 8 Tips to Simplify Your Sketching, as well as links and images for the two watercolors I completed over the last month. I didn't get any reader questions over the holidays, so I'm leaving that section out until next time. Recent Paintings + What's in a Title? The first painting, Green Heron, turned out to be quite frustrating, as I describe in the...
12 months ago • 1 min read
Bohan Art Newsletter Hello and happy holidays! Given how busy you must be right now, I'm going to keep this newsletter short and sweet. Bohan Art News Several more items have been added to the Bohan Art Printify store, including ornaments, coasters, stickers, and mugs: Beautiful Fruit Dove Ornament Emerald Tree Boa Mug Red Squirrel Christmas Ornament Great Horned Owlet Ornament As always, if you'd like to see one or more of my paintings on a specific product, let me know. Recent Paintings I...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Bohan Art Newsletter Hello! If you just subscribed recently, here's a link to last month's newsletter, which includes the October freebie: The Ten Commandments of Watercolor. Reader Questions | Video Answers I recently posted two video demonstrations to address typical watercolor challenges. In one I show how to use liquid frisket to mask areas of your watercolor paintings, and in the other I explain how to use tracing paper to transfer pencil drawings to your watercolor paper. If you find...
about 1 year ago • 1 min read
Bohan Art Newsletter Hello and welcome! Thanks for joining me on this journey. I started my YouTube channel in the hopes of driving potential buyers to my blog and Etsy shop, but I’ve come to realize something that is probably obvious to those who watch my videos or read my blog: You’re visiting because you’re interested in PAINTING, not because you want to BUY paintings! Given my teaching experience, that revelation isn’t bad news. It just means I need to change my focus a little. I’ll...
over 1 year ago • 1 min read