My studio corner is jammed with things I’m working on, including the recently finished Woman in Purple Boots II. Woman in Purple Boots II is 44″ x 60″. In the bottom-right of the photo is a box of surgical gloves. I buy them by the case. My medium contains lead-based ingredients and turpentine, plus some…
I worked a little while on this small painting, which is part of the Playhouse Square series. I also spent time working on a large drawing. It’s been awhile since I’ve done that. Of late, most of my drawings have been as preparation for paintings. I have a mess of canvases ready to go, everything…
Working the oil titled ‘Photographer.’I’m trying to keep Photographer simple by suppressing detail. Some parts I’m liking but other parts bug me. At this point, I can’t guess when it will be done. I worked it all over during the last session and I’m going to put it aside and let it thoroughly dry before taking…
I’ve titled this painting Sunday, then Parade, and now I’m calling it Sunday Parade. Let’s see how long that lasts. This painting is at the fun stage. When I get a painting to this stage, I do whatever I like and add touches as they occur to me. This morning I told my wife I…
This painting is still raggedy; some parts, such as the hair, are barely started. The thing I’m not happy with is the title: Phone Call on Main Street. It’s not so much a title as a description. I don’t like the raised edges that can occur where two carefully-painted areas meet. Beneath the bench, you…
I have a lot of small canvases ready to go. By small I mean in the 24′ x 30′ range. Recently, I started painting landscapes on three of them. You can see the beginning of one in the background sitting on the wastepaper basket. Yesterday I worked on the landscape seen out the window in Grandfather and had…
It’s raw and cold for a May day in NE Ohio. It feels more like March than May–rainy, gray, and windy. A woman asked me why I don’t spend more time teaching art on my website. Seeing my puzzlement, she added, “You write about technical subjects related to painting, but you don’t provide instruction on…
After a long hiatus, I worked on Washington Square Park again. How many times have I reworked the background? Well, are you going to tell me or not? OK, it’s been A LOT. That didn’t stop me from working on it again. Most things are done or really, really close. I’ve done this–obsessively reworking–before, many…