Review: Master’s Touch
Hobby Lobby, for those like me who hadn't shopped there before, is a craft supermarket that also does a brisk business in frames and framing. They carry art supplies too--stretchers, acrylics, brushes, and oil paints.…
Category: materials
New palette
Christmas was wonderful again this year. One of my gifts was a new palette. My homemade one is decrepit, as you can see in this photo. I prepared the new palette--a glass-covered reproduction--by removing the…
Twin peeks
Making multiple versions of a painting is an interesting exercise. The intent isn't to produce copies, but, rather, to create variations on a theme. It is especially useful for students. I prepared the drawing for…
Don’t go to art school
Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal, likes to say that degrees from the nonprestigious schools are just expensive dunce caps. He means that today higher education is close to worthless, except that degrees from the…
White siccative
I've written plenty of times about my medium. My medium is perfect for me but there are some corner cases. The medium is darkish and for the high-key colors, it can be too strong. White…
My easel is not worthless
I wrote glowingly about the Utrecht easel that I purchased. I said that it was a great bargain--an under-$300 medium-duty easel. But soon a support broke and the mechanism to lower and raise the tray…
