Multiple treatments of the same subject
Just now, I’m interested in multiple treatments of the same subject. I make drawings (cartoons) and transfer them to multiple surfaces. So far, I’ve limited the process to two instances…
Some watercolors
Odds and ends. Today, I finished the landscape (somewhere around Monterey) and worked on the figure with the striped shirt (my wife Kathleen). It still needs work. Both are watercolors.…
Turpentine diaries 9/16/17
Along 4th Street is 40″ x 50.” The surface is very good and the painting is moving well. When the surface is solid, I do less re-painting and things go…
Turpentine diaries 9/9/17
The studio is busy just now. The drawing is a study for a large painting I’m preparing to launch. The figures, except for the right-hand two, are prominent in the…
Turpentine diaries 9/4/17
I started working on the painting on the easel, Along 4th Street, yesterday. I’ve had two long sessions on it, but it still needs a lot of work. Read…
Turpentine diaries 8/27/17
The finished painting on the floor in this photo, Dare, is another painting of my son Keith standing in front of an earlier painting with him as the subject. Dare…
Best deal in flake white
RGH has the best deal for the all-important flake white. Their cremnitz white extra fine is $46.25 for a 250 ml jar. By comparison, a 237 ml jar of Williamsburg’s flake…
Turpentine diaries 8/6/17
The Delegate is 36″ x 48″. It still has a way to go. It’s another painting with an annoying surface. Read moreCleveland Museum of Art Opens RenovationsI’ve written a lot…