RGH has the best deal for the all-important flake white. Their cremnitz white extra fine is $46.25 for a 250 ml jar. By comparison, a 237 ml jar of Williamsburg’s flake white is $57. Old Holland, which I don’t buy because of their lurid prices, costs $172 for 225 ml tube. That’s after heavy discounts. The…
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Turpentine diaries 8/13/17
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•I finished the small painting sitting on the floor this morning. I thought I’d finished it last week but something about it bugged me this morning, so I couldn’t resist taking-up the brush. Sometimes when I look at one of my old paintings, I’m transferred back to when I worked on it–like a time machine.…
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Turpentine diaries 8/6/17
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•The Delegate is 36″ x 48″. It still has a way to go. It’s another painting with an annoying surface. I’ve written a lot recently about painting surfaces, I know. I bought a large roll of canvas two years ago, which enables me to monitor how changes to the painting surface can affect performance. All the…
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Turpentine diaries 7/30/17
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Turpentine diaries 7/23/17
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•Break is finally done. I struggled with the surface from the beginning which resulted in more sessions than usual. I won’t bore you with the details; the surface isn’t awful–it’s perfectly sound–but it’s not to my liking. Not nearly smooth enough and like any rough-surfaced canvas, it eats brushes. I like surfaces that are smooth and…
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Turpentine diaries 7/16/17
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Turpentine diaries 7/9/17
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•Grand Army of the Republic Highway is part of a series called Main Street, which is about, well, Main Street in out town. The town is a vacation destination and things happen downtown all of the time–festivals, street parties, concerts. I am adding pages to the site about my current series, Playhouse Square, and Main…
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Turpentine diaries 7/8/17
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Turpentine diaries 7/6/17
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Turpentine diaries 6/25/17
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•The Girl in the Lavender Dress, another painting in the Playhouse Square series, is nearly finished and today’s was only the sixth session, which is fast for me. You can see in the right background two canvases that I recently prepared. Both are 36″ x 48,” which is the same size as Girl in the Lavender…
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Studio journal 6/18/17
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•I used RGH’s extra-fine flake white and viridian green in today’s sessions. RGH sells both paints in jars, which I don’t like. But both jars have remained fresh. I’ve had the viridian for some time and it’s still fresh. The pile of paint on the paper palette is a mixture of viridian and blue-gray. I used it…
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Studio journal 6/11/17
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Studio journal 6/4/17
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•I finished Euclid Avenue #1 (in the photo’s background) this morning and then worked on On the Square for the remainder of the day. Both paintings are part of the Playhouse Square series. Both paintings are 48″ x 60″ and were prepared the same way. However, On the Square’s surface is much poorer than Euclid’s…
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Studio journal 6/2/17
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•After spending the morning drawing, I fully intended to finish Euclid Avenue #1, which I wrote about in the previous Studio journal post, and you can see it in the background of this photo. Instead, I worked on Jane and Keith Aboard the Betty Jane. Both paintings are 48″ x 60.” I plan to finish Euclid…
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Studio journal 6/1/17
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•I was locked and loaded, ready to finish Euclid Avenue I this morning but I didn’t make it. Maybe tomorrow, although I planned to spend tomorrow drawing on some new canvases. I am still using my recently-purchased ‘extra-fine flake white’ from RGH–you can see it in the middle of the palette. I like it a…