Preparing a big painting
Lately, my paintings are in the 40" x 60" range. For example, the painting in this photo, The Fair, is 44" x 60." My next big painting ups the scale. The grided canvas in the…
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Eagles above us
American bald eagles are nested here. Yesterday I was able to get some photos of the eagles cartwheeling and cavorting above our house. There are a lot of bird species here: gulls (of course), herons,…
Another canvas ready
I applied the second and last oil ground to this new 44" x 60" canvas. I made the tone by adding a little burnt umber and burnt sienna to the Williamsburg lead-oil ground. I applied…
Changeable Lake Erie
Because Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, it's very changeable. Mild storms can transform into violet cataclysms instantly. Inexperienced boaters are regularly caught out. Small boats swamped while desperately making for the…
Pre-dawn moon
When I woke at 6:00 AM, I thought a helicopter was outside my bedroom shining a searchlight onto the shore. The authorities still haven't found the body of the man drowned in a recent boating…
Christmas season 2021
As with every Christmas week in NE Ohio, the weather is dismal and gray. When I saw this gold stuff spread about our living room, I grabbed my camera to memorialize the strange event. "What…
Mixing paint on the palette
I never use a palette knife on my palette. To mix a tone, I plunge my brush into the paints and use the brush to mix what I need. For example, on this nearly-fresh palette,…
