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,…
What’s cooking
Last week I put the finishing touches on this painting, The Fair. The Fair is part of the series I started last year called ‘Amusement Park.’ I have several other…
Amusement Park Series update
My Amusement Park Series absorbs most of my time. The series contains a lot of large watercolors that I will share soon. But of course, the lion’s share of time…
Watercolors yes
I was a little rusty with watercolors when I started this painting. It’s good-quality paper but I forgot to dampen it before I started. Duh. I finally got it going…
In the studio 9/5/15
I worked a little on Break today. The painting is still in the beginning stages and I am still a little tired from our trip to Chicago. Break is part…
Turpentine diaries 8/26/18
I am happy with my painting medium, as I’ve written before, but I also like to kick the tires of new offerings. I wrote about my use of Grove’s Cole’s…
Thumbs-up: Bonnard; Thumbs-sideways:Vuillard
Vuillard Have you dated someone whose online profile scored highly, only to be disappointed upon meeting her/him? I’ve never used an online dating service (my wife has strong opinions on this subject), but…
Back home
We’re back home from a week-long vacation. Like all vacations, it was simultaneously relaxing and exhausting. I plan several posts about our virus-shadowed adventure through the south. Among other things,…