My journey with Picnic is meandering. Originally, there were a lot of figures in the background. Then, deciding that was too distracting, I took out many of them. That’s when the painting stalled. Eventually, I realized that the mass of background figures is what attracted me to the subject. So I put back the painted-over…
Month: June 2016
Cleveland, Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 6/22/16
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•Sometimes I have to sneak up on a painting. It took me awhile to identify what was bugging me about Break Time. The background behind the right-hand figure didn’t please me, so I corrected it today. In the process, I painted over part of the figure’s hair, which is OK because the hair wasn’t finished…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner, Tips and Studies
In the studio 6/19/16
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•I am into the overpainting phase with Parade. although the surface is still very matte. No part is exactly done. Yesterday’s morning session went poorly. I couldn’t see. It happens. Sometimes when I take up a painting that I struggled with previously, the solution is obvious. How could I have missed it? When artists talk…
Paintings, Shop Talk, Studio Corner
In the studio 6/12/16
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•I went to our Main Street three separate times to take photographs for this composition. I won’t bore you with why it took three trips. I finally got photos I can use and cobbled together several for the design for this new oil, Woman Listening to a Phone on Main Street. I’ll probably change the title.…