White Balloon 2nd session
Last time I wrote about getting my painting titled White Balloon ready--the preparatory drawing and the first painting session. I am carrying the painting forward with this update. Here is White Balloon after my second…
Month: August 2021
New painting prep
My newest painting, White Ballon, is the standard size for me, 40" x 54." The drawing is simple--really the plan for the painting. I define the shapes and clarify the relationships between objects: light on…
Matt Irwin photography
I'm on my third Nikon camera. I bought my first one because the Nikon-produced photos that I saw excited me in ways that the photos from other brands did not. I have never regretted going…
Beach market photos
I use my Nikon Z7 camera all the time. Nearly all my paintings include elements from my own photographs, typically mashups of several photographs. Summer is a great time to take photographs, of course. I…