Turpentine diaries 3/31/19
I finished a couple of paintings during the past several days, including the one in the left-hand background of this photo. I also had my second session with the painting on the easel, Portrait of…
Month: March 2019
Turpentine diaries 3/24/19
Woman in Red Pants is getting there. I've left the channel and I'm moving toward the dock with favorable wind and tide. This is brief because I'm time-tasked.
Come on, RGH
I support the paint maker RGH by regularly buying their paint. RGH prices are drifting higher off their initial lows, but their paint is still among the best value on the market--decent stuff at affordable…
Turpentine diaries 3/17/19
As I get older, my memory gets better and better--I remember less and less. ;-) One thing I am really good at it is forgetting. Forgetting is a most useful skill, I find. I worked…
Turpentine diaries 3/10/19
I'm a little tired this evening so I'll keep this diary entry brief. Fork, after 4-5 sessions, is moving out of the under-painting stage. I restrict the under-painting to thinly-applied darks and local colors, which…
Turpentine diaries 3/3/19
Bah! I am grinding my way (trying to anyway) through a volume of Clement Greenberg's essays. In case you haven't heard of him, Greenberg was once considered the preeminent writer on post-war American art. Greenberg's…