Amdall Gallery

30 randomly selected articles from Amdall Gallery’s archives. Enjoy!

Art Show Entry, Dallas OAC ART214 Exhibition (2/3/2022) - One of my New Year's resolutions for 2022, in addition to the usual "eat better" and "get more exercise" items, has been to enter a… Read More

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… Read More

High Contrast Challenge – Antje Traue Portrait (11/9/2022) - As I continue on clearing my backlog of paintings that have yet to be shared, now I've come to the fourth of five paintings done… Read More

Website Milestone (10/5/2017) - This is surely not a huge deal for many websites, but from my perspective, this site hit a rather large milestone today. Good ol' jonamdall.com… Read More

Size Constraints on a Princess Bride Painting (11/10/2022) - With my 9th painting, I ran into a bit of a conundrum and drove home a good lesson for myself. To this point, I feel… Read More

Welcome to Flavortown (4/27/2019) - Is it Flavor Town or Flavortown? I'm actually not sure. Unfortunately, I don't know Guy Fieri, so I can't ask the Mayor of Flavortown about… Read More

Portrait of a New Nephew (1/10/2020) - This is sort of a belated part two for my last post about holiday portrait gifts. In that write-up, I discussed a colored pencil drawing… Read More

Quiz Results (7/16/2011) - After significant trial and error, I finally nailed displaying survey results on this blog!  It's fairly easy, now that I've figured it out.  Just publish… Read More

Figure Poses and Light on Fabric in Oil Portraits (1/11/2025) - Sometimes I just paint without any specific reason or goal, but with this piece I actually had a couple specific things I wanted to practice.… Read More

Relaxed Pose Capstone Figure Painting (5/23/2023) - https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cohul96jrjx/ Relaxed Post Figure Painting, oil on paper. When I started this painting, I had some vague notions of treating it sort of like a… Read More

Mass Shooting Post-Vegas Data Update, Frustration with Politicians, and Some Ideas (10/3/2017) - Once again, we have to face another horrifying mass shooting event. This time, it was the worst mass shooting event in U.S. history. It's frustrating… Read More

Radio Favorites – Art Bell and his Many Shows (3/31/2018) - Often when I draw, I'm also talking with the family, listening to my oldest make up stories, or absorbing the kids' show-of-the-moment in the background.… Read More

Cryptocurrency Revisited (3-4 Weeks Later) (9/1/2017) - About three weeks ago, I wrote about my first experience purchasing cryptocurrency, covering the basics about coins, exchanges, and wallets. In short, I purchased 21… Read More

The Dark Tower Villain Sketches (1/14/2018) - I've given significant sketching time to the heroes from the Dark Tower, but haven't done anything on the villains. Actually, maybe villain isn't quite the… Read More

A Family Portrait from New Orleans (7/23/2018) - It seems like I haven't posted much lately, which is confirmed when I look at the monthly archive counts on my sidebar. Over the last… Read More

Portrait of Morrigan from Dragon Age (11/30/2022) - The next artwork in my recent parade of oil paintings takes us back to the topic of video games, which is not an unusual one… Read More

New Kids Book ‘Robot Family Adventures’ (4/5/2020) - Apparently, the beginning of April is book publishing time! Last year, I released a book called Pencils and Process. That one took months to write,… Read More

Unfinished Art and an Unposed Portrait (9/9/2019) - I had to double check because it didn't seem possible, but it looks like it's been almost a month since my last drawing. Time really… Read More

Drawing with the Kids (8/8/2021) - If you've read many posts on this site, it's probably apparent that I do a lot of drawing with my kids. They have desks set… Read More

Holocaust Survivor Portraits, Remembrance Display (11/19/2022) - Recently, I was approached by a co-worker to ask if I would help out with a display featuring Holocaust survivor portraits for an event called… Read More

Hometown Series, the Unfinished One (3/25/2018) - At the beginning of this month, I started something I referred to as a "hometown series" of sketches. Basically, I tried to capture some scenes… Read More

Art on a Shopping Cart (2/2/2019) - Any time my family and I take a trip to the grocery store or Target, we absolutely have to grab one of those bulky carts… Read More

More Throwback Practice Art (6/24/2018) - A couple months ago, I did some sketches that took their inspiration from the many "historical photo" Twitter accounts out there. One was a not-very-accurate… Read More

Portrait of Lady in a Dark Room (5/25/2023) - https://www.instagram.com/p/CosPOVUDm9K/ This painting of a woman in a dark room is another portrait study in my efforts to practice specific areas that aren't my strongest.… Read More

Planning for a Larger Oil Painting (11/11/2025) - I don't typically plan much when I paint - I prefer just finding a reference or concept, throwing some textured paper onto my easel, and… Read More

New Discussion Forums (2/26/2018) - This website is a hobby, and one of the main motivations behind it is that I enjoy making tweaks and trying new features. In fact,… Read More

Sports Salaries Part 2, Positions and Players (9/4/2017) - Author's Note: This article was originally published with a major data error, skewing salaries in favor of NBA positions. It has been corrected, and should now… Read More

Cryptocurrency Exploration (8/10/2017) - Prior to this week, I honestly didn't know too much about cryptocurrency. I knew the basics, mostly hearing or reading about Bitcoin. I knew there… Read More

Oil Painting of Sunlight Through a Window (1/11/2025) - I think some of my best paintings come from a very loose approach and relaxed mindset. I can’t always achieve that, but I love when… Read More

Art Backlog Thoughts and Cousins Hanging Out (10/16/2021) - At the moment, I am quite backlogged in terms of both finished portraits I haven't yet written about and ideas for future drawings. I've written… Read More