Favorites
A randomly generated selection of 20 of the artist’s favorites . You could consider it a “best of” page.
Experimenting with Light Sources (6/25/2019) - I surprised myself a bit following my last post by jumping immediately into another project. I hadn't planned to do so, but I found myself just sort of sitting… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
River Oaks Tiny Art Show 2019 (9/28/2019) - I've done a few posts lately somewhat focused on near-term nostalgia, particularly in comparing how my drawings have changed over the last two years. Right about the time I… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
A Longtime Friend’s Wedding Portrait (5/27/2022) - I am often slightly backlogged on writing blog posts. It's something that I've mentioned previously and is probably fairly common for many artists who write about what they do.… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Chrono Trigger Painting | Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace (3/15/2026) - For the sixth oil painting in my classic RPG series, I painted another scene from Chrono Trigger, this time featuring Magus and Schala in Zeal Palace. The Zeal plotline… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
A Dark Tower Redo, One Year Comparison (2/23/2019) - At the start of 2018, I finished what has become one of my favorite fiction novel series; The Dark Tower by Stephen King. If you're not familiar, the story… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Oil Painting Blog Catch Up – Two Paths (5/16/2023) - I've mentioned on a few blog posts over the last few months how far behind I am sharing artwork. This has been a continuously building situation since I started… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Santa Taking a Cookie Break Christmas Eve (12/19/2020) - I am going to share some art out of order, which isn't my usual approach. But I thought it would make more sense to jump right to this drawing… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Painting Bright Light | Woman’s Backlit Silhouette (9/7/2025) - I continue to be fascinated with light in oil painting. Shadows, reflection, light sources - it’s all so interesting to experiment with. In this portrait, I wanted to paint… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Jon Stewart Getting Things Done (8/10/2019) - I generally try to avoid wading into the political on Amdall Gallery. I've done it occasionally in the past, like my discussions and data analysis on mass shootings. But… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Underpainting Practice – Andre the Giant (11/26/2022) - As I discussed in my last post, I'm making an effort to push myself more when it comes to artwork. A huge part of that obviously is trying oil… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Expressive Eyes and Subtlety in Portrait Painting (1/11/2025) - Almost from the start of my quest to learn to paint with oils, I've been captivated by expressive eyes in portraits. It's something I'm drawn to just when I'm… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
More Parks and Recreation Art – Leslie Knope (1/29/2019) - Over the last week or so, I've been dealing with a fairly tough cold. As is usually the case, the kids and I all got sick, while my wife's… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Well, I’m no Albert Einstein (11/7/2018) - This week, I worked on a sketch of legendary hair model Albert Einstein (I hear he also dabbled in some science-related stuff). As I was sketching him, I kept… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Elden Ring Malenia Radahn Artwork (4/11/2022) - Apparently Amdall Gallery is turning into an Elden Ring fanart site, because I just couldn’t move on yet without getting into some of the interesting bosses (also called “demigods”… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Yennefer Artwork, The Witcher Show and Game (1/20/2022) - Just recently, I rambled on and on describing my approach to sharing multiple related drawings. Over the course of several paragraphs and almost a thousand words, I philosophized about… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Dark Tower Villain Improvements (4/18/2020) - I haven't discussed the series in a while, but if you came across this blog any time in early 2018, you were probably greeted with a barrage of posts… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Art from an Internet Meme (11/5/2018) - The Millennial generation is known for many things, including craft beer, skinny jeans, and "destroying" seemingly every industry (if you believe cynical clickbait articles). As someone who straddles that… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Two Concurrent Sketches, Dad and the Girls (3/29/2018) - Welcome to part two of this reckless "drawing two things at once" series. Basically, I was so pumped up from feeling like I've actually been improving, I decided to… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
Woman in Green Dress Oil Painting (12/2/2024) - The subject of this post is another figure study on 12 x 12 oil paper. I'll follow my standard format here, which is to share an image of the… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)
More Stranger Things Artwork (3/4/2020) - A couple weeks ago, I shared some ramblings about my late discovery of Stranger Things, and how it turns out everyone was right about how much I would love… (click to read more of this randomly selected old favorite)