In the studio 8/28/16
This painting is still raggedy; some parts, such as the hair, are barely started. The thing I'm not happy with is the title: Phone Call on Main Street. It's not so much a title as…
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In the studio 7/17/16
The painting, Girl in Purple Boots II, is on the easel. In the background is the recently started Women in Sandals. Girl in Purple Boots II is based on several--three--photos that were taken at an intersection…
Starting a painting
After completing the cartoon for this painting, I transferred it to a canvas, as you can see in the photo. A cartoon, I remind you, is a drawing used as a template for a painting. Cartoons are…
Preparing canvases
I spent most of the day drawing, getting two new paintings ready. This afternoon I started stretching canvases. I plan to stretch 6. [caption id="attachment_6224" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Preparing canvases[/caption] I'm a crackerjack canvas stretcher, I've…
In the studio 7/7/16
I finished the drawing for 3 Women in Sandals quickly. It took three days to finish the underpainting. 3 Women in Sandals is 44" x 60," a format I use a lot. [caption id="attachment_6215" align="aligncenter"…
In the studio 7/6/16
I've stretched and gessoed a large number of canvases this week. Soon, my store of stretchers will be exhausted. I'm concentrating on several dimensions: 36" x 48", 40" x 50", and 44" x 60". I…
This morning’s palette
This is the state of my palette after taking it from overnight storage. I clean the palette each morning with a scrapper and remove dried colors. Often, if no colors dried overnight, I'll start right…
In the studio 5/1/16
It's raw and cold for a May day in NE Ohio. It feels more like March than May--rainy, gray, and windy. A woman asked me why I don't spend more time teaching art on my…