In the studio 1/11/2015
I've had about a half-dozen painting sessions with The News. The 44" x 60" painting is mid-flight. I estimate there will at least that many more sessions before it's finished. Large-sized paintings with just a…
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Gallery problem
The widget that displays random images from the gallery on the front page is broken. After I applied the last upgrade, the widget stopped working. I am still waiting for the widget creator to provide a…
About yesterday’s rant
Yesterday's rant started as the preamble to a much longer post about painting techniques and the craft of painting. The soon-to-be-published post is already too long so I removed the preamble. By itself, the preamble…
Rant
I was taught nothing of practical use about painting when I was a student. Worse than the daily dose of esoteric BS was the relentless, sneering attack on the subjects of technique and history, which…
New ratings for Oil Paint Brands post
I updated the Oil Paint Brand post with new information and a rating for Michael Harding paints.
New links
Two recent links will be useful to people interested in the technical aspects of painting. Tad Spurgeon's site provides a wealth of information about oils. This site describes how to make oil paints.While I haven't…
Oil Paint Brands Update
I updated the oil paint brand list with information about the binders used by some manufacturers (Blockx, Old Holland, Michael Hadring, Blue Ridge, and Holbein). I also downgraded my ratings for Blue Ridge. I prefer…