This morning’s palette
This is the state of my palette after taking it from overnight storage. I clean the palette each morning with a scrapper and remove dried colors. Often, if no colors dried overnight, I'll start right…
Category: Tips and Studies
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. [caption id="attachment_6183" align="aligncenter" width="888"] 'Parade' on the easel[/caption] Yesterday's morning session went poorly. I couldn't…
Flavored turpentine
Not so much flavored as customized. My medium is very drying, which I like immensely. I use it everyday but it has one minor flaw. When I'm painting a large area, my medium is sometimes…
In the studio 3/6/16
The Break is 40" x 50". I stretched a lot of 40" x 50" canvases last year and The Break is one of them. Some of the background is done, but the painting still has a…
Blue Ridge paints back in business
I am really glad that Blue Ridge Paints is taking orders again. I learned last month about their fire when I went to their web site to place an order. I was concerned that…
In the studio 1/24/16
The light today, for once this winter, is good. I worked on these two paintings this morning. I finished (I think) the small (20" x 24"), gray study. I wrote about this painting before. It…
Transferring designs to canvas–update
I've written before about the various methods used to transfer designs to canvas or other surfaces. There are three ways to do it: projector, grid, or cartoon. Typically, I use grids. Grids can handle any scale and I like…
In the studio 8/9/15
This is the first time I've shown Break. Break is 40" x 50" and I've had four painting sessions. Break is another of my Playhouse Square series. The painting in the background, Euclid Avenue II,…