Turpentine diaries 8/19/18
For today's session with Lunch Alone, in addition to my usual medium, I used 'flavored' turpentine for my solvent: turpentine with some homemade drying oil, plus drops of Courtrai siccative. Readers of my blog know…
Year: 2018
Turpentine diaries 8/18/18
I am keeping everything simple and direct with The Woman in the Red Pants. Overworking can be death to a painting. On the other hand, I have a horror of the blast, fire, shoot, throw,…
Turpentine journal 8/13/18
Here is my first session with Keep Talking. Today, I just threw paint onto the canvas without worrying overmuch about details, although I was--as always--careful to preserve the drawing. It's risky to share such raw,…
Painting Tom
Painting Tom is a short film by Jake Harness. Jake is a young filmmaker and Painting Tom is part of his documentary on creative people. To my suprise, I enjoyed the experience. Painting Tom is,…
Finished? Not finished? Finished? Not finished?
Many artists have trouble determining when a painting is finished. It can be excruciatingly painful to let a painting go, especially after you worked on it for a long time. If like me, you focus…
Turpentine diaries 7/22/18
I used my homemade drying oil in recent sessions with Down on Prospect Avenue. I substitute the oil for black oil in my medium recipe. Large paintings (Down on Prospect Avenue is 44" x 60")…
Homemade drying oil
The crude container that I made with a lead sheet contains 16 oz. of cold-pressed walnut oil. I'll leave the oil in the container for several months before straining it into a jar, like the…
Turpentine diaries 6/24/18
The drawing on the easel in the following photo is lead on pastel paper. I'd intended to highlight it with white but decided it was OK as it is. The painting on the easel, Woman…