Correcting painting surfaces that are too slick
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Read more: Review: Cranfield oil paint
Part of a recent paint buy included a tube of Cranfield’s King’s blue deep, which…
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Read more: Teaching myself Latin
As scholarship has become politicized, one would be foolish to continue trusting the translators or…
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Read more: Preparing a big painting
Lately, my paintings are in the 40″ x 60″ range. For example, the painting in…
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Read more: Eagles above us
American bald eagles are nested here. Yesterday I was able to get some photos of…
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Read more: Another canvas ready
I applied the second and last oil ground to this new 44″ x 60″ canvas.…
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Read more: Changeable Lake Erie
Because Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it’s very changeable. Mild storms…
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Read more: Pre-dawn moon
When I woke at 6:00 AM, I thought a helicopter was outside my bedroom shining…
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Read more: Christmas season 2021
As with every Christmas week in NE Ohio, the weather is dismal and gray. When…
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Read more: Mixing paint on the palette
I never use a palette knife on my palette. To mix a tone, I plunge…
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Read more: Yesterday
Yesterday I was late to the studio. I dragged my lazy butt into the studio…









