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 paintings underway in the series…
Category: Studio Corner
‘Liberty Avenue’ again
Art students frequently struggle over how to start a painting. Once started poorly, a painting is hard to correct. I've shared the starting stages of several of my paintings for art students struggling with starting…
Liberty Avenue progress
I've had 4-5 sessions with my new painting titled Liberty Avenue. The painting is still in the early stages: the boat has left the slip and is in the channel but it hasn't made to…
White Balloon 3rd session
By my 3rd session with the painting titled White Balloon, I finally have the entire surface covered with paint. One issue large paintings present (White Balloon is 40" x 54") that is not encountered on…
White Balloon 2nd session
Last time I wrote about getting my painting titled White Balloon ready--the preparatory drawing and the first painting session. I am carrying the painting forward with this update. Here is White Balloon after my second…
It’s all been done before
Yesterday, I determined to finish Woman in White-stripped Dress. Even though I failed, I was excited to get back at it again today. This afternoon, I ran out of gas before finishing it. Oh well.…
New paintings
The painting on the floor, Arts Guild, is my newest painting. I've worked on it steadily this week. The underpainting is done and I started the first overpainting yesterday. It's 40" x 54." Arts Guild…