Due to changing my ISP, I am late posting this journal entry. I finished the underpainting for Down on Prospect Avenue and started some over-painting. The painting has a long way to go but I’ve gotten this far with just a few sessions, so it’s moving rapidly. As usual, I struggled with the title for…
I moved. Did you notice? I changed my ISP today and there were some rough patches, as there always are when I do this. Nothing seems permanently broken although I haven’t checked everything yet. The last time I moved, things were a lot worse.
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
Studio journal 3/12/17
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•I worked most of the day on The Candidate, the painting in the upper-center in this batch of current work. The underpainting is done. I’ll say it’s done. I don’t like the ground on this canvas. It is another of my experiments with materials that has proved unsatisfactory, but it does have the happy side…
Drawings, Shop Talk, Tips and Studies, Uncategorized
Draw this
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•Paintings, Studio Corner
Studio journal 3/5/17
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•Cleveland, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
Studio journal 2/26/17
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•Photography, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
Winter rain
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•It’s unusual to get rain showers in February in NE Ohio. Normally, the only precipitation we experience this time of year is snow–a lot of it. But the warm weather, 70+, was accompanied by driving, slashing rain. My son urged me to test the low-light capabilities of my new Nikon D750 camera. Have a look. This flashless photo…
Cleveland, Paintings, Shop Talk, Tips and Studies, Uncategorized
New painting, underpainting
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•Today, I finished the underpainting for the new painting Girl in the Lavender Dress. I based the design on several photos taken around Cleveland’s Playhouse Square, so the painting is part of the Playhouse Square series. Girl in the Lavender Dress, after my second session, is on the easel in this photo. On the Square, another…
aesthetics, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Uncategorized, Vermilion, OH
Studio journal 2/21/17
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•I’ve always approached painting as a process of carving away and revealing, the way I imagine a sculptor approaches sculpting. Not modeling but carving. I bring this up because this unfinished painting, Sub Rosa, is a pretty good example of my approach. There are many ways to talk about painting, of course. I used to talk about…
Cleveland, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
Studio journal 2/18/17
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•materials, Reviews, Shop Talk, Thumbs-Up-Down, Uncategorized
Review: Utrecht oils
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•It’s hard for me to understand this but until this week I never used Utrecht brand oils. I’m not sure why this is. I’ve visited their shops in NYC and Cleveland and ordered plenty of other things from them. True, I was disappointed with the easel I bought from them, but that was recent and doesn’t explain…
Bio, Grumpy review, materials, Reviews, Uncategorized
Grumpy review: RGH website
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•Cleveland, materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
Studio journal 2/12/17
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•I spent the day working on Picnic. I’ve written before about how I stalled out on Picnic. The issue was predominately the background figures. I put them in; I took them out; I put them back in again. I use ultramarine violet a lot, it’s especially useful for cool grays. I used ultramarine violet on the shirt of the guy at the…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Tips and Studies, Uncategorized
Studio journal 2/5/17
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•I’ve titled this new painting Down on Prospect Avenue. The other day, I shared the painting after my first painting session with it. I finished the under-painting on this canvas and started “over-painting.” What’s the difference between under- and over-painting? During under-painting, I treat the painting like a pen and ink drawing. The lights…
materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Uncategorized
Drawing transferred for new painting
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•I worked on the drawing/cartoon for Down on Prospect Avenue for a week. In the top photo, I just finished tracing the cartoon, which you can see still stapled to the canvas. I removed the transfer paper to examine the drawing. If I miss something, I can cover the canvas with the cartoon and trace it…