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…
Category: Drawings
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…
A bit of drawing
For the past week or so, I've worked exclusively on drawings. More precisely, designs for paintings, as the one illustrated below. These design-focused drawings will be covered by paint. The one illustrated here is the…
Amusement park series
I visited Lake Erie's preeminent amusement park, Cedar Point, five times this summer. I am using the thousands of photos that I took from these visits as reference material for my new series--Amusement Parks. I…
Another one underway
As I've done several times, I intend to document the birth of a painting. The last time, I shared just the early stages of a painting. That's my plan this time too. 2-3 posts that…
Liberty Avenue
When I finish the design for a new painting, I'm often tempted to leave it as a large drawing. At 44" x 56," the new painting, Liberty Avenue, would be a large drawing. If I…
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…