Turpentine diaries 9/4/17
I started working on the painting on the easel, Along 4th Street, yesterday. I've had two long sessions on it, but it still needs a lot of work. I'm careful about cutting off figures…
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Turpentine diaries 8/27/17
The finished painting on the floor in this photo, Dare, is another painting of my son Keith standing in front of an earlier painting with him as the subject. Dare is 24" x 30." The…
Boating season soon
Even though the winter was mild, we are just now at the beginning of the boating season. The Betty Jane is the middle boat in this photo. It's shrink-wrapped like its winter-storage neighbrors. Shrink wrapping…
Update to a recently ‘finished’
See, I know I'm my own worst critic. Whenever I finish a painting, I put it away so I can't look at it for several weeks. If I don't put it away, I'll find things…
Grumpy review: RGH website
I placed a paint order on RGH's website, and the agile boys at RGH promptly shipped two 250 ml jars of Paynes gray to me. Unfortunately, I'd ordered two 250 ml jars of flake white. I…
Pastels on canvas
These two recent pastel drawings are on canvas. Primed canvas is an unusual support for pastels or charcoal because it's not absorbent enough. Pastel chalk falls off too easily. I originally intended to use these canvases…
Studio journal 1/14/17
I didn't plan it, but yesterday I worked on two paintings of my son John. I finished the larger painting on the easel, John Hudson and His Father. It's based on a photo of John when he…
Studio journal 12/26/16
I worked on the 48" x 48" oil, Two Cakes. Two Cakes has been long in hand. I really do not like the surface; a commercial canvas by Fredrix. I bought an assortment of Fredrix…