Loaded again
I know what you're thinking but, no, not that kind of loaded. I get excited when I prepare my palette for another painting session. Seeing the waiting colors is inviting. I coat the glass palette…
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Camera woes
For many years, I have exclusively used photos from my Nikon cameras in my designs. The Nikon D750 remains a great camera. I got mine not long after it was introduced in 2014, I am…
My summer vacation
What is a vacation summary without photographs? Originally, the seven of us planned to tour Virginia and North Carolina with a stop in Washington. No sooner had we started than Hurricane Debby plopped squarely in…
Delicious copal jelly
I haven't been a fan of gelling paint mediums since my early interest in maroger, a gelling medium made from mastic. But I like to experiment with mediums, sometimes to my harm. My go-to for…
Drawing is always the solution
The question is, "How do I fix my stuck painting?" The answer is always drawing. When one of my paintings stalls, drawing is the cure. My most successful paintings started with studies where I clarified…
RGH vs Harding
Readers know about my obsession with The Great White--flake (lead) white paint. This all-important color is getting harder to find because some manufacturers stopped making it due to misguided health concerns and regulations. I've discussed…
A lot of mediums
I kept studio journals from the outset of my career. At first, I tracked my sales in the journal. Then I started tracking my supplies--the number and size of stretched canvases I had on hand,…
Drawing study
I finished this large study for a painting I plan. Studies like this help me clarify my thoughts. When making a study, I almost always filter out elements--hardly ever add new ones. That's what happened…