The unfinished Women in Sandals is part of the Playhouse Square series. Women in Sandals is 44″ x 60.” Here is a painting tip: If you are struggling to get light in a painting, strengthen the darks. You might be surprised at how making the darks darker makes muddy lights shine brightly.
Tag: Playhouse Square series
Cleveland, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
Studio journal 2/26/17
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•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…
Cleveland, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
Studio journal 2/18/17
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•materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
Studio journal 1/29/17
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•Paintings take on a life of their own. Sometimes that’s good; other times, not so good and I argue with the painting. I am not arguing with Playhouse Square Visit but I am surprised at the direction it insists on taking me. Not unhappy–just surprised. Yep, I am getting ready to stretch more canvases, as…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Uncategorized
Studio journal 1/22/17
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•Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Vermilion, OH
Studio journal 1/18/16
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•Sub Rosa, the unfinished painting on the easel, is moving along. The underpainting is nearly done. The white-seeming ground visible throughout the painting is actually a middle-ish gray tone. Compare it with your eyes to the dab of white in the middle of the palette. Sub Rosa is based on photos taken during last year’s Festival…
materials, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
Studio journal 12/28/16
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•Euclid Avenue #1 took up my time today. Euclid Avenue #1 is part of the Playhouse Square series. Push-pull. I’ve disdained synthetic brushes in the past, but I finally found a model that behaves decently: Escoda Primera. The Escoda Primera model, like all synthetics, is rugged. It handles well for a synthetic; not as sensitive as a sable…