Turpentine diaries 12/17/17
I feel like Sisyphus. The batch of paintings that are working me over are all in mid-flight. I keep rolling the rock uphill but I haven't reached or even seen the crest of the hill. Not only…
Category: Paintings
Turpentine diaries 11/26/17
After flavoring my medium with additions for several days, today I used my normal medium. I worked on this painting during both of today's sessions. When the painting surface is right, as with this painting,…
Turpentine diaries 11/25/17
Yesterday's Thanksgiving holiday was wonderful at our house. We had three of our children here to share my wife's delicious turkey and stuffing. Daughter Jane baked an apple pie, and son Keith made deep-fried mac and cheese. …
Turpentine journal 11/19/17
Upsidedown. It's useful to look at your paintings in mirrors or upsidedown, as I've down here. The old rule-of-thumb maintains that a painting should be balanced when looked at normally and in a mirror. That old…
Turpentine diaries 11/12/17
Today's session with Booth at the Fair is my 5th. By contrast, yesterday's sessions with On the Square was the 20th and final one. I have a long way to go with this painting. It's…
Turpentine diaries 10/22/17
To some, my studio might look like a jumbled mess, but to me, it looks ordered and purposeful. I have three easels. I use the third one, the one not shown, for drawings. I expanded my…
Turpentine diaries 10/21/17
I finished Spring during my morning session. I added a tiny little bit of sun-thickened oil to my usual medium. A small amount of this oil dramatically affects the paint. Sun-thickened oil, unlike stand oil…
Multiple treatments of the same subject (yet again)
I spent another morning working on several versions of the same subject. The top version is charcoal and chalk on toned ground. The paper is extremely thick. I don't remember the supplier (I bought it…