In the studio 3/30/14
Here is a photo of some recent work. The top painting is my son John aboard The Betty Jane. I applied paint to the large, middle painting or the first time yesterday. I spent the…
Month: March 2014
It snowed yesterday
It snowed yesterday.
Bad easel
I listened to songs by PJ Harvey during this morning's painting session (actually drawing session). Her songs are filled with the kind of poetry that tears you up--just what I like. Many of her songs…
Spring? You bet!
Those aren't whitecaps on Lake Erie but ice flows loosened from the thawing ice--but I'll take it! We knew spring was finally arriving when we were able to keep the bedroom door open to last…
About yesterday’s rant
Yesterday's rant started as the preamble to a much longer post about painting techniques and the craft of painting. The soon-to-be-published post is already too long so I removed the preamble. By itself, the preamble…
Rant
I was taught nothing of practical use about painting when I was a student. Worse than the daily dose of esoteric BS was the relentless, sneering attack on the subjects of technique and history, which…
van Gogh Repetitions
I plan on visiting the Cleveland Museum of Art's exhibition van Gogh Repetitions later today. It will be my third visit to see it. The show has a number of first rate van Gogh's and the theme--the…
In praise of cerulean blue
Cerulean blues is an extremely important color. Besides being a core blue (it should be on every palette), it forms complementary tones with most orange-brown colors, such as burnt sienna (another very useful color). [caption id="attachment_3284"…