Goodbye, Old Holland
Goodbye, Old Holland, I'm done with you. In my Oil Paint Brand Reference, I rated the Old Holland (OH) brand as top; best in breed among high-end brands. Its dense pigmentation gives it unrivaled covering power…
Year: 2017
Studio journal 5/7/17
I worked on these two paintings today before my daughter and I went to the marina to work on The Betty Jane. The left-hand painting, The Delegate, is sailing along, to use a nautical allusion. Two days…
Studio journal 4/30/17
The unfinished Women in Sandals is part of the Playhouse Square series. Women in Sandals is 44" x 60." Here is a painting tip: If you are struggling to get light in a painting, strengthen the…
Boating season soon
Even though the winter was mild, we are just now at the beginning of the boating season. The Betty Jane is the middle boat in this photo. It's shrink-wrapped like its winter-storage neighbrors. Shrink wrapping…
Studio journal 4/23/17
Here is today's activity. As usual, both paintings are unfinished. Both are part of the Playhouse Square series. Lately, I've been using Utrecht's flake white. It performs decently and is decently priced too. I actually…
Studio journal 4/22/17
I worked on The Picnic and nothing else for the past few days. The Picnic has a painting surface that is difficult. This doesn't happen often anymore but it's annoying when it does happen. It…
Studio journal 4/15/17
I spent the last two days hammering the armor on the middle-lower painting. (Painters will know what I mean.) It's not done but it's getting there. The small painting is for me. It's a painting…
Studio journal 4/9/17
The Press, the middle painting, is giving me trouble--the ground is, I mean. It's lifeless. It's one of two things, so I'll soon know the cause. It's not too bad but it's frustrating because things…