In the studio 7/17/16
The painting, Girl in Purple Boots II, is on the easel. In the background is the recently started Women in Sandals. Girl in Purple Boots II is based on several--three--photos that were taken at an intersection…
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Starting a painting
After completing the cartoon for this painting, I transferred it to a canvas, as you can see in the photo. A cartoon, I remind you, is a drawing used as a template for a painting. Cartoons are…
Preparing canvases
I spent most of the day drawing, getting two new paintings ready. This afternoon I started stretching canvases. I plan to stretch 6. [caption id="attachment_6224" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Preparing canvases[/caption] I'm a crackerjack canvas stretcher, I've…
In the studio 7/7/16
I finished the drawing for 3 Women in Sandals quickly. It took three days to finish the underpainting. 3 Women in Sandals is 44" x 60," a format I use a lot. [caption id="attachment_6215" align="aligncenter"…
In the studio 7/6/16
I've stretched and gessoed a large number of canvases this week. Soon, my store of stretchers will be exhausted. I'm concentrating on several dimensions: 36" x 48", 40" x 50", and 44" x 60". I…
This morning’s palette
This is the state of my palette after taking it from overnight storage. I clean the palette each morning with a scrapper and remove dried colors. Often, if no colors dried overnight, I'll start right…
In the studio 6/26/16
My journey with Picnic is meandering. Originally, there were a lot of figures in the background. Then, deciding that was too distracting, I took out many of them. That's when the painting stalled. Eventually, I…
In the studio 6/22/16
Sometimes I have to sneak up on a painting. It took me awhile to identify what was bugging me about Break Time. The background behind the right-hand figure didn't please me, so I corrected it…