Turpentine diaries 6/24/18
The drawing on the easel in the following photo is lead on pastel paper. I'd intended to highlight it with white but decided it was OK as it is. The painting on the easel, Woman…
Category: Paintings
Turpentine diaries 6/17/18
The thing about this Fabriano drawing pad is I can work-up drawings with pencil or pen--my two favorite materials--without mess or fuss. The really good paper I save for charcoal or pastel, but this paper…
Turpentine diaries
I got Along 4th Street on the easel yesterday and had some good sessions. I used walnut oil instead of linseed. I find myself reaching for the walnut oil instead of the linseed more often.…
Turpentine diaries 5/27/18
The Woman in Red Pants is not over-large so I finished the underpainting, shown here, in 2 sessions. The Woman in Red Pants is 36" x 48." We live in a great time when information…
Turpentine diaries 5/19/18
The morning session with Agamemnon and Orestes was slow and easy. With a large painting like this (44" x 60"), I use hog bristle brushes for most of the work. Today I used 5s and…
Review: Eyewitness Views
The Cleveland Museums of Art's Eyewitness Views: Making History in Eighteenth-Century Europe is the best show I've seen at the museum since I started my near-weekly visits six years ago. As good as the show…
Turpentine diaries 5/6/18
This photo shows Crossing after my 4th session. Nothing is close to being finished except the blue of the sky, ultramarine blue + cobalt blue + flake white. The broad range of scale among the figures is…
Turpentine diaries 4/29/18
I thought it would be fun to compare Agamemnon and Orestes after the second day to the first day--bottom photo. After the second day, the underpainting is finished. The underpainting is about getting paint on…