Turpentine diaries 2/24/19
I completed the under painting today for Fork. Fork is 54" 66". Even if you're not familiar with my blog, you can probably see that the painting is still a long way from the finish…
Month: February 2019
Baseline yourself
Regardless of where you are in your career, you will do well to establish a baseline for your oil-painting toolkit. The baseline provides a powerful framework that you can use to analyze materials and techniques.…
Wrong again?
A reader said he tried sun-thickened oil on my recommendation but it didn't demonstrate the handling quality that I'd claimed for it. Secret sauce and other seasonings Sun-thickened oil has the happy quality of maintaining…
Turpentine diaries 2/17/19
I finished the underpainting today for Portrait of a Man Wearing Sunglasses, my second session with the painting. The painting is 32" x 48." Simple composition. Unlike last week's Fork, I transferred the design to…
Turpentine diaries 2/10/19
I had good painting sessions with Fork. The painting is so large, 4.5 x 5.5 feet, that I started painting portions of it before I completed all parts of the drawing. Today I completed the…
Turpentine diaries 2/3/19
I finished these three paintings today. Yeah, that's a lot for me. But all of them have been 'almost' done for some time. Paintings can represent problems to solve and after I solve them, if…
Murder on brushes
The first session with my new painting, Fork, mangled a new brush. Fork is a large painting, 54" x 66". Because it's so large I am not transferring a cartoon to the canvas but drawing…