YouTube art instruction
If you are looking for art instruction videos, YouTube is loaded with them. That's the good news--videos for every taste and interest. The bad news is that the quality is--to put it charitably--spotty. You get…
Author: Tom Hudson
Drawing on canvas board
Whenever I have time, I prepare new canvases, consequently, I have a large stock of canvases and boards for painting. I prepare canvas boards by sanding the supplied surface and applying additional layers. I like…
Grumpy book review: Lapvona
I don't fit into the intended audience of most contemporary fiction reviewers so I try to avoid them. But a recent YouTube reviewer had one of my favorites, Blood Meridian, on his top fiction list…
A lot of paint
While reconfiguring my studio shop, I emptied the contents of my paint cabinet onto my work table. My son saw the table and exclaimed, "Wow, that's a lot of paint!" I hadn't noticed what he…
More painting designs
I finished the drawing for this painting which is the latest in my Amusement Park Series. I've pushed the drawing on the canvas farther than usual to clarify the complicated relationships among the 16 or…
What I have been up to
Not only haven't I posted much lately, I haven't painted either. But I have been busy. I've spent the last couple of weeks drawing and completing painting designs. Normally, when I finish the design for…
Woodshop by the lake
I use my small backyard shed as my woodshop. I would rather do my carpentry in that cramped space than have the sawdust from my table saw in the studio. Even modest carpentry jobs like…
Review: Tombow lead pencils
I'm in a drawing period; I haven't touched a brush for three weeks. The drawings serve as designs for paintings, not standalone drawings. The paintings are my typical size, 40" x 54." So, I've used…