‘Liberty Avenue’ again
Art students frequently struggle over how to start a painting. Once started poorly, a painting is hard to correct. I've shared the starting stages of several of my paintings for art students struggling with starting…
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Art students frequently struggle over how to start a painting. Once started poorly, a painting is hard to correct. I've shared the starting stages of several of my paintings for art students struggling with starting…
When I finish the design for a new painting, I'm often tempted to leave it as a large drawing. At 44" x 56," the new painting, Liberty Avenue, would be a large drawing. If I…
Small paintings (this painting is 30" x 40") always take longer than I expect. Starting, I intend to keep it simple, but I'm always discovering more things to explore or problems to solve. I'm only…
I got Along 4th Street on the easel yesterday and had some good sessions. I used walnut oil instead of linseed. I find myself reaching for the walnut oil instead of the linseed more often.…
The Woman in Red Pants is not over-large so I finished the underpainting, shown here, in 2 sessions. The Woman in Red Pants is 36" x 48." We live in a great time when information…
This photo shows my first painting session with Agamemnon and Orestes. I know, I know, a bit high falutin but I am reading Aeschylus's Eumenides. Agamemnon and Orestes is 44" x 60." I mentioned that…
Last week, I saw one of the better shows that I've seen in Cleveland. Global Matrix IV at the Gallery at Cleveland State U contains first-rate prints from contemporary European artists. I plan to review…
This is a photo of two paintings I started today. That is, I started applying paint to the canvases today; drawing started several days ago. So, this shows the underpainting where I'm just covering the…
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