Turpentine diaries 9/24/17

The unfinished painting The Press is 40" x 50." I've used RGH's walnut-ground flake white for a couple of weeks and I like it more and more. It keeps its body even when thinned to the constancy of gouache, such as the white shirts in the painting. I plan to write about preparing … Continue reading →

Some watercolors

Odds and ends. Today, I finished the landscape (somewhere around Monterey) and worked on the figure with the striped shirt (my wife Kathleen). It still needs work. Both are watercolors. The pen and ink drawing of the figure behind the landscape is on bristle … Continue reading →

Turpentine diaries 9/16/17

Along 4th Street is 40" x 50." The surface is very good and the painting is moving well. When the surface is solid, I do less re-painting and things go faster. I've written about how much I like RGH's Extra-fine Flake white. That white is ground with safflower oil. … Continue reading →

Turpentine diaries 9/9/17

The studio is busy just now. The drawing is a study for a large painting I'm preparing to launch. The figures, except for the right-hand two, are prominent in the new painting's design. I plan 2-3 more figures in the large painting. 'Large' in this case means 4.5' by 5.5', … Continue reading →

Two paintings today

I used to think speed is important in art making. Speed relates to spontaneity--some say--and spontaneity guarantees authenticity, if not creativity. While spontaneity is important in art making, it's not fundamental. Even if you insist that spontaneity is essential, you can't … Continue reading →