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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Old Holland painting medium
No, I haven’t lifted my boycott against Old Holland. But a comment on this related post sent me looking at my dwindling stock of Old Holland supplies–things I bought pre-boycott.…