Not much to report this time as I’ve been under the weather. The small landscape is part of a Rockies-based series. I own a small property in Colorado but I don’t get out there often. If I moved away from the water, I would head for the mountains. The painting in the upper-right was finished…
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Study: Making ‘The Call’ Part 2
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•This is the first update for the study about making the painting titled The Call. In the first post, the drawing was finalized and a neutral ground applied to the canvas. The Call is 36″ x 48″. After the ground was thoroughly dry, I began the under-painting. I work the under-painting with middle-dark tones using…
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Study: Making the Painting ‘The Call’
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•I thought it would be interesting to follow a painting from start to finish. The subject is a woman making a call on her cell phone, hence the title–The Call. 1. Mechanics The 36″ x 48″ painting is on cotton canvas. I primed it (I nearly always prime my own canvases) with three layers of…
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In the Studio 4/21/2013
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•Some of today’s work. The large painting (5′ x 6′) is titled ‘Atlantic City I.’ My wife is from New Jersey and she used to live and work in Atlantic City, so I’ve spent time there. I have a lot of paintings about Atlantic City and a number of others planned. The painting of the…
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Easter 2013
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•I got a little work done this morning (got up at 5:00) then again after church at St. Mary’s. Worked on the three in this photo, plus one or two others. All have the cheap lawn chair I frequently use. Its shape is always fun to paint. The larger is 36″ x 48″. Started the…
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In the Studio 3/17/13
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•Poor light yesterday, Saturday, but good light today. The lake came alive this week and although it’s cold–mid-30’s–the waves and whitecaps already remind me of summer. Here’s a shot of some of the things I worked on today. I finished the drawing of the larger one and decided to plunge ahead and start the under-painting.…
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In the Studio Oct. 14 2012
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•Another lifelong habit I have is working on several–sometimes very many–painting simultaneously. I will put a painting aside to be taken up later any number of times. I might work on a painting a dozen times or more. The net effect, alas, is that it sometimes takes a long time to finish a painting. This…