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…
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…
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″,…
In the studio 6/26/16
My journey with Picnic is meandering. Originally, there were a lot of figures in the background. Then, deciding that was too distracting, I took out many of them. That’s when…
In the studio 6/22/16
Sometimes I have to sneak up on a painting. It took me awhile to identify what was bugging me about Break Time. The background behind the right-hand figure didn’t please…
In the studio 6/19/16
I am into the overpainting phase with Parade. although the surface is still very matte. No part is exactly done. Yesterday’s morning session went poorly. I couldn’t see. It happens.…
In the studio 6/12/16
I went to our Main Street three separate times to take photographs for this composition. I won’t bore you with why it took three trips. I finally got photos I can…
In the studio 6/4/16
Main Street #1 is another painting based on Vermilion’s Main St. I already finished Main Street #2 even though I started it after #1. I plan several more paintings around…